To foreshow or foretoken; signify beforehand, as by an omen or prognostic; give warning of.To have a presentiment or prophetic impression of; forebode.To foretell; predict; calculate beforehand.To point out.=Syn. 3. Predict, Prophesy, etc. See foretell.To have a presentiment of the future; have foreknowledge.n. Something which foreshows, portends, or gives warning of a future event; a prognostic; an omen.n. A foreboding; a presentiment; a feeling that something is to happen; a prophetic impression.n. Foreknowledge; prescience.n. Prophetic significance or import.n. Synonyms Sign, Augury, etc. See omen and foretell.