foretell
verb
- to tell beforehand
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈtɛl/ / [foːˈteɫ] / [fɔːˈtɛɫ]
verb
Etymology: c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell.
- To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
“Deeds then undone me faithful tongue foretold.”
“Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.”
- To tell (a person) of the future.
“[…] there came to him a Person named Saul, whom Samuel had never before seen; but God made him know it was the same he had foretold him of.”