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foretell

verb
/fɔɹˈtɛl//fɔːˈtɛɫ/UK/fɔɹˈtɛɫ/US

Etymology

c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell.

  1. inherited from foretellen

Definitions

  1. To predict

    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.
    • This was a demise foretold. Fatalistic in the face of a parliamentary impasse, Mr. Bayrou had, even before the debate began, invited his entourage to a “convivial moment,” or farewell soirée, this evening.

  2. 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.

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Derived

foretellable, foreteller

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at foretell. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at foretell. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at foretell

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA