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Meaning of FORESHADOW

Pronunciation:  fowr'shadow

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
 
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 Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
 
 See Also: bespeak, foreshow, indicate, point, signal, threaten

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fore*shad"ow\, v. t.
To shadow or typi?y beforehand; to prefigure. --Dryden.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: adumbrate, adumbration, augur, augury, auspicate, auspice, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, body forth, demonstrate, embody, exemplify, figure, forebode, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, have a hunch, have an intimation, hint, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate, indicant, indicate, indication, mirror, omen, personate, personify, portend, portent, predict, prefiguration, prefigure, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presignifying, pretypify, prognostic, prognostication, project, promise, prophesy, realize, reflect, shadow, shadow forth, sign, signal, signify, soothsay, token, tokening, type
 

 

 

 

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