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foretell

fore.tell \fo-r-'tel, fo.r-\ vt : to tell beforehand : PREDICT OGNOSTICATE 
   mean to tell beforehand. FORETELL applies to the telling of the coming of a 
   future event by any procedure or any source of information; PREDICT 
   commonly implies inference from facts or accepted laws of nature; FORECAST 
   adds the implication of anticipating eventualities and differs from PREDICT 
   in being usually concerned with probabilities rather than certainties; 
   PROPHESY connotes inspired or mystic knowledge of the future especially as 
   the fulfilling of divine threats or promises; PROGNOSTICATE suggests the 
   learned or skilled interpretation of signs or symptoms - fore.tell.er n SYN 
   syn FORETELL, PREDICT, FORECAST, PROPHESY, PR