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Definition: FORETOKENING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb foretoken.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(foretoken)
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]

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Date "Foretokening" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FORETOKENING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb foretoken.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(foretoken)
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.

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Date "FORETOKENING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: foretoken

DomainDefinition
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.

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