Definition of Foretoken
Foretoken
fore·to·ken
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
(literary) to be an advance indication, sign, or warning of something that is going to happen;
e.g. The dropping temperatures and shorter days foretoken the arrival of winter.
(noun)
(literary) a sign, signal, or warning of something that is going to happen, especially of something bad;
e.g. His rudeness was a foretoken of the disdain he had for us.
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