資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.