2 definitions found
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 1.6 [wn]:
foretelling
n 1: a statement about the future [syn: {prediction}, {forecasting}]
2: prophecy by supernatural means [syn: {divination}, {soothsaying},
{fortune telling}]
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