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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