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Meaning of forespell | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To spell in advance; foretell; make a warning about something upcoming; tell or indicate beforehand; predict

transitive

Examples

“The single boat, locus of misunderstanding about the loaves by a single group, is developed in two directions: Jesus' boat forespells the ability to understand the feeding sign, while the Tiberias boats forespell the opposite.”
“The wind seemed to forespell my doom as it gusted into the room, blowing out half the candles in the circle, and sending the spray of rose petals around us dancing into the far corners of the room.”
“[...] in the idea and the practical ideal of Europe, that of a harmonious unity of the life of nations with its sources in the rational spirit, has been undermined," did Husserl not forespell what was to befall Europe from 1939-1945 and afterwards?”
“We cannot easily forespell the precise cost effects of this delay of substitution possibilities. It depends not only on the estimated consumption volumes of new drugs and the price differentials between branded original drugs and generic drugs, [...]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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