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Synonyms for foretell
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawr-tel, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr- |
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Définition of foretell
Origin :- c.1300, from fore- + tell (v.). Related: Foretold; foretelling.
- verb predict, warn
- Few of us can foretell what may or may not happen under heaven.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Indeed, to this hour I have a lingering belief that cats can foretell the weather.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- He cultivated the society of scholars, could interpret signs and foretell the future.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- On the other hand, to dream of an onion is supposed in some parts to foretell sickness.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- And they do often foretell the most wonderful things; I know they do.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- A strange thing in the air that is said, in these parts, to foretell calamity.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
- Where or when they would eat in the valleys of the Ranges no one could foretell.
- Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
- I asked the wise old Indian how he could foretell the winter.
- Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
- You wise men of the Jews are seers and can foretell events—so they say.
- Extract from : « Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends » by Gertrude Landa
- Literally, we can shape a person's article of clothing, but cannot foretell his destiny.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
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