n. 预兆, 预示

vt. 成为...之预兆

[ noun ]
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
<noun.event>
he hoped it was an auguryit was a sign from God

Foretoken \Fore"to`ken\, n. [AS. foret[=a]cen. See {Token}.]
Prognostic; previous omen. --Sir P. Sidney.


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.