Definition of Foretelling

1. Noun. A statement made about the future.


2. Noun. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.

Definition of Foretelling

1. Verb. (present participle of foretell) ¹

2. Noun. prediction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foretelling

1. foretell [v] - See also: foretell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foretelling

foretake
foretalk
foretaste
foretasted
foretaster
foretasters
foretastes
foretasting
foretaught
foreteach
foreteeth
foretell
foreteller
foretellers
foretelleth
foretelling
foretells
forethink
forethinking
forethinks
forethought
forethoughtful
forethoughtfulness
forethoughts
forethrown
foretime
foretimes
foretoken
foretokened
foretokening

Literary usage of Foretelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"So that whenever a prophet had shown his skill or accuracy in foretelling events, he took rank accordingly among his tribe or people. ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... we saviour's join his arbitrary usual manner, either of foretelling J future, or knowing present matters of every kind, many such as no prophet durst ..."

3. Public opinion and popular government by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1913)
"Difficulty in Foretelling whether a Public Opinion will be Formed While we may indicate the limits of a possible public opinion in general terms, ..."

4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. by Samuel Pepys (1854)
"... and he is the first that hath come to any certainty beforehand, of foretelling the draught of water of a ship before she be launched. 20th. (Lord's day. ..."

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