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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats