Definition of Pretell

1. to tell beforehand [v -TOLD, -TELLING, -TELLS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretell

pretasting
pretax
pretaxation
pretechnological
pretecta
pretectal
pretectum
preteen
preteenage
preteenager
preteenagers
preteens
pretelecast
pretelescopic
pretelevision
pretell (current term)
pretelling
pretells
pretemporal
pretence
pretenceless
pretences
pretend
pretendant
pretendants
pretended
pretendedly
pretendence
pretendences
pretender

Literary usage of Pretell

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

1. Collections, Illustrating the History of the Catholic Religion in the by George Oliver (1857)
"F. William pretell succeeded in 1721, who resigned after some time, when Laurence York, DD, was appointed to succeed, and served for four years. ..."

2. The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher by John Fletcher (1833)
"And why do IB, rte *ey pretell(l that tuey exalt Christ more than we, who maintain that our most becoming shame and deepest sorrow flow from his ignominy ..."

3. Iuris pontificii de propaganda fide.: Pars prima, complectens bullas, brevia by Raffaele De Martinis (1889)
"pretell et Francisci Alvarez de Azevedo ... superiorem gêneraient ex unà, ac dictos Franciscum de pretell et Franciscum Alvarez de Azevedo, tam proprio quam ..."

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