Definition of Foretold

1. Verb. (simple past of foretell) ¹

2. Verb. (past participle of foretell) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foretold

1. foretell [v] - See also: foretell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foretold

foretells
forethink
forethinking
forethinks
forethought
forethoughtful
forethoughtfulness
forethoughts
forethrown
foretime
foretimes
foretoken
foretokened
foretokening
foretokens
foretold (current term)
foretooth
foretop
foretopgallant
foretopman
foretopmast
foretopmasts
foretopmen
foretops
foretopsail
foretopsails
foretriangle
foretriangles
forever
forever and a day

Literary usage of Foretold

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

1. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards (1844)
"Christ himself foretold his being delivered into the hands of the elders, ... He foretold, that the disciples should all be offended because of him that ..."

2. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"It was foretold, that there should be an union of Heathen and Jewish rulers ... And it was foretold, that the body of that nation should be rejected in the ..."

3. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829)
"It was foretold, that there should be an union of Heathen and ... It was foretold, that the Jews should generally reject and despise the Messiah, ..."

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