foretell

(fôr-tĕl', fōr-)
tr.v., -told (-tōld'), -tell·ing, -tells.
To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

foreteller fore·tell'er n.

SYNONYMS   foretell, augur, divine, prophesy, vaticinate. These verbs mean to tell about something beforehand by or as if by supernatural means: foretelling the future; augured a scandal; divined the enemy's victory; prophesying a stock-market boom; atrocities vaticinated by the antifascists. See also synonyms at predict.

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1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: call, forecast, predict, prognosticate, project. See foresight.
2. To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means: augur, divine, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate. See foresight.
3. To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See foresight, show/hide.

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• Occult States and Experiences - foretell: (vb) predict future events

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudsige, spå om

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorspellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - prédire, présager

Deutsch (German)
v. - voraussagen, vorhersagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προλέγω, προοιωνίζομαι, προμαντεύω, προαναγγέλλω

Italiano (Italian)
predire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - profetizar

Русский (Russian)
предвещать, предсказывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - predecir, augurar, presagiar, vaticinar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förutsäga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预言, 预示, 预告

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預言, 預示, 預告

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 예고하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 予言する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتنبأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניבא‬

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