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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
foretell .
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Examples
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No word yet whether or not Baby Einstein foretells a playdate with Old Sparky.
Archive 2009-06-01 Roger Sutton 2009
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No word yet whether or not Baby Einstein foretells a playdate with Old Sparky.
Flunk reading, do not Roger Sutton 2009
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The book's title foretells its inevitable drift, yet, like Kali, we're made vulnerable by compassion.
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His prophetic word foretells events of history, that we may know that He is the living God over all, and that we may understand that the divine purpose will surely be fulfilled.
Our Day In the Light of Prophecy William Ambrose Spicer 1908
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Then will happiness come to me in that manner which he says, "who all foretells"; that is, at that elevation in which the saying all and the doing all is the same thing; in that manner that he says and does who all foretells, that is, who is sufficient for all things and primary, and whose word and pre-ordaining is the true doing and beginning.
The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem Giordano Bruno 1574
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There is much that he foretells which is still awaiting its inevitable fulfilment.
What is Coming? 1906
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Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future.
Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt: Book summary 2010
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An eight-country investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists of the fishing industry in the southern Pacific shows why the plight of the humble jack mackerel foretells progressive collapse of fish stocks in all oceans.
The Center for Public Integrity: 'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific The Center for Public Integrity 2012
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The winter solstice -- Dec, 21, 2012 -- will come and go and the world will not end, despite weeks of intense tabloid speculation that the Mayan calendar, constructed a millennium ago, foretells the apocalypse for that day.
Jon M. Sweeney: What Will Be The Top Religion Stories Of 2012? Jon M. Sweeney 2011
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It foretells a sense of impending doom that is welcome, albeit never quite explained in the bleary-eyed screenplay by “Potter” veteran Steve Kloves.
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is worst of the series » Scene-Stealers 2009
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