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foretell

[fawr-tel, fohr-]

Origin

verb (used with object), -told, -tell·ing.

to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English fortell. See fore-, tell¹

Related forms

fore·tell·er, noun

un·fore·told, adjective

Synonyms
forecast, augur, presage, forebode.

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foretell (fɔːˈtɛl)

—vb , -tells, -telling, -told
	(tr; may take a clause as object) to tell or indicate (an event, a result, etc) beforehand; predict

fore'teller

—n

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Word Origin & History

foretell

c.1300, from fore + tell. Related: Foretold.

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"I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And this event, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment suspended in the air."

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