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foretokens

foretokens is the plural of foretoken.

foretokens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foretoken.

Meaning of foretoken

Noun

foretoken (plural 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.1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Book II, ch. 10

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Questions about foretokens

What is foretokens the plural of?
Foretokens is the plural of foretoken.

Words near foretokens in the dictionary

  1. foretoken
  2. foretokened
  3. foretokeneth
  4. foretokening
  5. foretokenings
  6. foretokens
  7. foretold
  8. foretoldest
  9. foretooth
  10. foretop
  11. foretopgallant

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