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  • foretelling — index caution (warning), oracular, portentous (ominous), prognosis, prophetic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burto …   Law dictionary

  • Foretelling — Foretell Fore*tell , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foretold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foretelling}.] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. [1913 Webster] Prodigies,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foretelling — fore tell || fÉ”r tel /fɔː v. predict, prophesy, tell in advance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • foretelling — noun 1. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means • Syn: ↑divination, ↑soothsaying, ↑fortune telling • Derivationally related forms: ↑divine (for: ↑divination) …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Foretelling — Infobox Television episode Title = The Foretelling Series = Blackadder Caption = The Hideous Crones Airdate = 15 June 1983 Writer = Rowan AtkinsonRichard Curtis Director = Guests = Peter Cook Episode list = List of Blackadder episodes Season = 1… …   Wikipedia

  • Xerxes I of Persia — ] , foretelling his invasion of Greece. The reference to Darius the son of Ahasuerus in , in turn corresponding to Babylonian ak. Aḫšiyaršu .All of these names originate with Old Persian pe. Xšayāršā .In the Book of EstherFor these same reasons… …   Wikipedia

  • ill-omened — foretelling bad events, predicting bad things …   English contemporary dictionary

  • reading in cards — foretelling the future by means of special cards, predicting by reading Tarot cards …   English contemporary dictionary

  • chiromancy — Foretelling the future by studying a person s hand …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • myomancy — Foretelling the future using the movement of mice …   Grandiloquent dictionary

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