| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.[Wordnet]
2. Prognostic; previous omen.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: foretokening, foretokened, foretokens, foretokener, foretokeners, foretokeningly and foretokenedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "FORETOKEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FORETOKEN
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To foreshew; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
