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foretold

[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

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

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