10 definitions found for foretell

Foretell FORETELL', v.t.
1. To predict; to tell before an event happens; to prophesy.
2. To foretoken; to foreshow.
FORETELL', v.i. To utter prediction or prophecy.
All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Acts 3.

foretell v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald] 2: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

foretell transitive verb (foretold; -telling) Date: 14th century to tell beforehand ; predict • foreteller noun Synonyms: foretell, predict, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate mean to tell beforehand. foretell applies to the telling of the coming of a future event by any procedure or any source of information <seers foretold the calamity>. predict commonly implies inference from facts or accepted laws of nature <astronomers predicted an eclipse>. forecast adds the implication of anticipating eventualities and differs from predict in being usually concerned with probabilities rather than certainties <forecast snow>. prophesy connotes inspired or mystic knowledge of the future especially as the fulfilling of divine threats or promises <prophesying a new messiah>. prognosticate is used less often than the other words; it may suggest learned or skilled interpretation, but more often it is simply a colorful substitute for predict or prophesy <prognosticating the future>.

foretell
v.tr. (past and past part. -told)
1 tell of (an event etc.) before it takes place; predict, prophesy.
2 presage; be a precursor of.
Derivatives:
foreteller n.

foretell (foretells, foretelling, foretold) If you foretell a future event, you predict that it will happen. (LITERARY) ...prophets who have foretold the end of the world. VERB: V n, also V that/wh

foretell fɔ:ˈtel v.tr. (past and past part. -told) 1 tell of (an event etc.) before it takes place; predict, prophesy. 2 presage; be a precursor of. øøforeteller n.

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.

Foretell Fore*tell", v. i. To utter predictions. --Acts iii. 24.

foretell v. a. 1. Predict, prophesy. 2. Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, presignify, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage.

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