foretelling

Variant of foretell

foretell definition

fore·tell (fôr tel′)

transitive verb foretold -·told′, foretelling -·tell′·ing

to tell, announce, or indicate beforehand; prophesy; predict

Etymology: ME foretellen, prob. transl. of L praedicere

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