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foretoken

[fawr-toh-kuhn, fohr-, fawr-toh-kuhn, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌtoʊ kən, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈtoʊ kən, foʊr- /




















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She had been sorry for him, and forespoken good for him; he stood staunchly by all she did.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

But hearing himself forespoken so pleasantly, he came to a stand and peered at them through his gold-rimmed glasses.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Kinred, nacion, contrey, kynde, age, bryngynge vp, or discipline, hauioure of the body, fortune, condicion, nature of the mynde, studies, affectacion, wordes forespoken, & deedes done before, commocion, counsell, name.

From A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Hildebrandt, Herbert William

But this night the mournful glamour of the past caught a fresh glory from the dawn of a grander day forespoken.

From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Hampe, Theo.

Folks said she was forespoken, and that I had done it.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison




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