Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foretelling"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

foretelling
n 1: a statement made about the future [syn: {prediction}, {forecasting}]
2: prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
[syn: {divination}, {soothsaying}, {fortune telling}]


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