foretel

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of foretell.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“And yet by the way, as one sometime demanded of one of his complices, How it came to pass⟳, that they, who take⟳ upon them by the Stars, to tel everie draggle-tail’d Girl that comes to them to enquire after a Silver Spoon lost, what was become⟳ of it, and which way it was gone; yet could not by their star-skil foresee⟳ and foretel the Scotch Kings defeat⟳ at Worcester […]”

“This wonderful phænomenon has, ſince it was firſt diſcovered, employed the thoughts of very able philoſophers ; many hypotheſes having been offered, not only for its explanation, but even to foretel the future variations in various parts of the world.”

““I hope⟳ not that.—It is not likely. No, Mr. Knightley, do not foretel vexation from that quarter.” “Not I, indeed. I only name⟳ possibilities. I do not pretend⟳ to Emma’s genius for foretelling and guessing. I hope⟳, with all my heart, the young man may be a Weston in merit, and a Churchill in fortune.—[…]””

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