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Sign of something to come
Answer for the clue "Sign of something to come ", 9 letters:
foretoken
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 , preindication ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foretoken \Fore"to`ken\, n. [AS. foret[=a]cen. See Token .] Prognostic; previous omen. --Sir P. Sidney.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment. Etymology 2 vb. To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage.
Usage examples of foretoken.
The rain ceased and the sun began to burst out goldenly now and again between the rents in the clouds, burnishing the gray seas with copper-hued radiance, and lighting up the mists that curtained the Island's red shores with gleams of gold foretokening a fine day after all.
He had the feeling that as dreams go there had been an element of foretokening to it.