Noun: foretoken for'tow-kun
Usage: literary
Usage: literary
- An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
"The gathering storm clouds were a foretoken of the tempest to come";
- augury, sign
- Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
"These signs foretoken bad news";
- bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Derived forms: foretokened, foretokening, foretokens
Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], experience, indicate, point, signal
Encyclopedia: Foretoken