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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 /fÉ”Ë 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
