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3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. i. To utter predictions. --Acts iii. 24. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foretell v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {harbinger}, {herald}] 2: make a prediction about tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: {predict}, {prognosticate}, {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}] 3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}]
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