foretoken
Noun
A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment.
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Therefore know you Gentlemen (to whom from my harte I wish that it may not proue ominous foretoke[n] of misfortune to haue mette with such a miser as I am) that whatsoeuer my sonne (ô God, that trueth binds me to reproch him with the name of my sonne) hath said, is true.
Verb
To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
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he hoped it was an augury
it was a sign from God
Word forms
foretokensforetokensforetokeningforetokenedforetokened