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Webster 1913 Edition
Foretell
Fore-tell′
,Verb.
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.
Syn. – To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
Fore-tell′
,Verb.
I.
To utter predictions.
Acts iii. 24.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foretell
FORETELL'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To predict; to tell before an event happens; to prophesy.2.
To foretoken; to foreshow.FORETELL'
,Verb.
I.
All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Acts 3.
Definition 2024
foretell
foretell
English
Verb
foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)
- To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.
- Alexander Pope
- Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold.
- C. Middleton
- Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.
- Alexander Pope
Derived terms
Translations
to predict the future
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References
- foretell in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- foretell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913