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- verb transitive To
tell forth;publish abroad.
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From forth- + tell.
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Examples
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With Agamemnon comes Cassandra from fallen Troy: whose fate was to foresee all woes and horror, and to forthtell what she saw -- and never to be believed; so now when she raises her dreadful cry, foreseeing what is about to happen, and uttering warning -- none believe her but the audience, who know it all in advance.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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