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foretoken¹

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From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foretācn, foretācen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- + token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.

noun foretokens

  1. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment. 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.

foretoken²

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From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foretācnian (“to foreshow”).

verb foretokens · foretokening · foretokened

  1. transitive To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.

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@misc{foretoken_2026,
  title = {foretoken},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foretoken},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}