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  • 51foretell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. presage, portend; forecast, prognosticate, predict. See prediction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. predict, prophesy, prognosticate, divine, foresee, announce in advance, forecast, soothsay, tell fortunes …

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  • 52foretoken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. omen. v. t. foreshadow. See prediction. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, portend,… …

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  • 53foretoken — n 1. sign, signal, indication, harbinger, token, augury, omen, portent, prognostic; presage, foreboding, forewarning, warning, premonition, handwriting on the wall. v 2. foreshadow, prefigure, foreshow, presage, portend. See foreshadow …

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  • 54auspicate — verb 1. indicate by signs These signs bode bad news • Syn: ↑bode, ↑portend, ↑prognosticate, ↑omen, ↑presage, ↑betoken, ↑foreshadow, ↑augur, ↑ …

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  • 55foreshadowing — I noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand • Syn: ↑prefiguration, ↑adumbration • Derivationally related forms: ↑foreshadow, ↑prefigure (for: ↑ …

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  • 56ABRAHAM — (originally Abram; Heb. אַבְרָהָם, אַבְרָם), first patriarch of the people of Israel. The form Abram occurs in the Bible only in Genesis 11:26–17:5, Nehemiah 9:7, and I Chronicles 1:26. Otherwise, Abraham appears invariably, and the name is borne …

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  • 57Bode — Bode, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. [1913 Webster] Whatever now The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 58Portend — Por*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portending}.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See {Position}, {Tend}.] 1. To indicate (events,… …

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  • 59Portended — Portend Por*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portending}.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See {Position}, {Tend}.] 1. To indicate… …

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  • 60Portending — Portend Por*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portending}.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See {Position}, {Tend}.] 1. To indicate… …

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