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Webster 1913 Edition

Foretoken

Fore′toˊken

,

Noun.

[AS.

foretācen

. See

.]

Prognostic; previous omen.

Sir P. Sidney.

Fore-to′ken

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Foretokened

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Foretokening

.]

[AS.

foretācnian

;

fore + tācnian

.]

To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foretoken

FORETO'KEN

,

Verb.

T.

To foreshew; to presignify; to prognosticate.

Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood.

FORETO'KEN

,

Noun.

Prognostic; previous sign.