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Definition of Foretells
1. foretell [v] - See also: foretell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foretells
Literary usage of Foretells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and by William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"Lupton observes, that the peacock, by his loud and harsh clamour, prophesies and
foretells rain, and the oftener they cry, the more lain is signified. ..."
2. A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery: From by Arabella Burton Buckley (1882)
"Transits of Mercury and Venus—Kepler foretells their occurrence — 1631, ...
Horrocks foretells and observes a Transit of Venus—1676, Halley sees a Transit ..."
3. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1902)
"The cry of the owl if heard in bad weather, foretells a change. Sea-gull, sea-gull,
get thee on 't sand, 'twill never be fine while thour 't on land. ..."
4. Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. ; To which is Added Samson by John Milton (1725)
"... foretells the ruin of our corrupted Clergy then in their height. \ ET once
more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never-fear, ..."
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