foretoken
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The present state of mystery writing does not foretoken a renaissance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Holroyd manages to make each successive phase of Shaw's life seem significant of itself, rather than simply as a foretoken of what was to come or as raw material for the plays.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are written in a sprightly style, are full of bright fancies as well as sound feeling and excellent sense, and foretoken plainly the author of the 'Susy' books.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.
Be that as it may, certain arrangements which the Doctor presently made in his domestic affairs did not seem to foretoken an immediate change of condition.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
"Ah!" the wise old lips reply, "Youth may pass and strength may die; But of Love I can't foretoken: Ask some older Sage than I!"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various
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