English-Thai Dictionary

foretoken

N สัญญาณ เตือน ล่วงหน้า (ทาง วรรณ คดี  สิ่ง ที่ เป็น ลาง บอก  omen prefigurement prognostic san-yan-tuean-luang-na

 

foretoken

VT ให้สัญญาณ เตือน ล่วงหน้า (ทาง วรรณ คดี  hai-san-yan-tuean-luang-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORETOKEN

v.t.To foreshew; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood.

 

FORETOKEN

n.Prognostic; previous sign.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORETOKEN

Fore "to `ken, n. Etym: [AS. foretacen. See Token. ]

 

Defn: Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney.

 

FORETOKEN

Fore *to "ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretokened; p. pr. & vb. n.Foretokening.] Etym: [AS. foretacnian; fore + tacnian.]

 

Defn: To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

foretoken

fore to ken ▶verb |ˈfôrˌtōkən fɔrˈtoʊkən | [ with obj. ] literary be a sign of (something to come ): a shiver in the night air foretokening December. ▶noun |ˈfôrˌtōkən fɔrˈtoʊkən |a sign of something to come. ORIGIN Old English foretācn (noun: see fore-, token ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

foretoken

foretoken |fɔːˈtəʊk (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] literary be a sign of (a future event ): a shiver in the night air foretokening December. ORIGIN Old English foretācn (noun: see fore-, token ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

foretoken

foretoken verb literary a shiver in the night air foretokens December. See signal 1 (sense 3 of the verb ).