Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foretell"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foretold}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Foretelling}.]
To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to
foreshow.
Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. --Pope.
Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster
of his character. --C.
Middleton.
Syn: To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. i.
To utter predictions. --Acts iii. 24.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foretell
v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {harbinger},
{herald}]
2: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: {predict}, {prognosticate}, {call},
{forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}]
3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
{portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage},
{betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {prefigure}, {forecast},
{predict}]
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