Associations to the word «Foretell»

Wiktionary

FORETELL, verb. To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.

Dictionary definition

FORETELL, verb. Foreshadow or presage.
FORETELL, verb. Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election".
FORETELL, verb. Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne