foretoken
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of foretoken
before 900; Middle English fortokne, Old English foretācn. See fore-, token
Example Sentences
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The present state of mystery writing does not foretoken a renaissance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Holroyd manages to make each successive phase of Shaw's life seem significant of itself, rather than simply as a foretoken of what was to come or as raw material for the plays.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he knew why he had been so blissfully happy that evening; it was just a foretoken of the little girl's nearness.
From The Emperor of Portugalia by Velma Swanston Howard
Be that as it may, certain arrangements which the Doctor presently made in his domestic affairs did not seem to foretoken an immediate change of condition.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
At length, a glimmer of light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the foretoken of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
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