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Definition of Foretelling
1. Noun. A statement made about the future.
Generic synonyms: Statement
Specialized synonyms: Extropy, Fortunetelling, Horoscope, Meteorology, Weather Forecasting, Forecast, Prognosis, Divination, Prophecy
Derivative terms: Forecast, Foretell, Prognosticate
2. Noun. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
Generic synonyms: Prognostication, Prophecy, Vaticination
Specialized synonyms: Arithmancy, Dowse, Dowsing, Rhabdomancy, Geomancy, Hydromancy, Lithomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, Onomancy, Chirology, Chiromancy, Palm Reading, Palmistry, Pyromancy
Derivative terms: Divine
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
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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