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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
foretell .
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Examples
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You know how by the arts of astrology, geomancy, chiromancy, metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come; let us talk a little, and confer with him about your business.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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This dumb fellow prophesieth and foretelleth that you will be married, cuckolded, beaten, and robbed.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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You know how by the arts of astrology, geomancy, chiromancy, metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come; let us talk a little, and confer with him about your business.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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This dumb fellow prophesieth and foretelleth that you will be married, cuckolded, beaten, and robbed.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In the evening, going back to Bethany, and sitting on the mount of Olives, he foretelleth the destruction of the Temple and city, Matthew 24, and discourses those things which are contained in Matthew 25.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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He sheweth all his treasures to the ambassadors of the king of Babylon: Isaias reproving him for it, foretelleth the Babylonish captivity.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 12: 4 Kings The Challoner Revision
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A prophet sent from Juda to Bethel foretelleth the birth of Josias, and the destruction of Jeroboam's altar.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision
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A prophet foretelleth that God will fight for his people: the enemies destroy one another.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 14: 2 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision
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God foretelleth that the people will often forsake him, and that he will punish them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy The Challoner Revision
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Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore thou shalt not fear him.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy The Challoner Revision
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