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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
foretelling
n 1: a statement made about the future [syn: {prediction}, {forecasting},
{prognostication}]
2: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: {divination}, {soothsaying}, {fortune
telling}]