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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;
- Example: "he hoped it was an augury"
- Example: "it was a sign from God"
[syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foretoken \Fore*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretokened; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Foretokening.] [AS. foret[=a]cnian; fore +
   t[=a]cnian.]
   To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
   [1913 Webster]

         Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood.
                                                  --Daniel.


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foretoken \Fore"to`ken\, n. [AS. foret[=a]cen. See Token.]
   Prognostic; previous omen. --Sir P. Sidney.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foretoken
    n 1: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
         to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
         God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]