Foretoken vs Threaten - What's the difference?
foretoken | threaten | Related terms |
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 To menace, or be dangerous.
To portend, or give a warning of.
Foretoken is a related term of threaten.
As verbs the difference between foretoken and threaten
is that foretoken is to betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage while threaten is to make a threat against someone; to use threats.As a noun foretoken
is a prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.foretoken
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) *.Derived terms
* (l)threaten
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
- He threatened me with a knife.
- The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
- The black clouds threatened heavy rain.