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Ominous omen
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foretoken
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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.
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\, 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. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. --Daniel.
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.