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foretelleth

foretelleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foretell.

Meaning of foretell

Verb

foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)

  1. (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
    • Deeds then undone me faithful tongue foretold.1725–1726, Homer, “Book 2”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    foresay, forespeak
  2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.
    • […] there came to him a Person named Saul, whom Samuel had never before seen; but God made him know it was the same he had foretold him of.1739, Edward Button, Rudiments of Ancient History

Origin of foretelleth

From foretell + -eth.

Questions about foretelleth

What is foretelleth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foretelleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foretell.

Words near foretelleth in the dictionary

  1. foretell
  2. foretellable
  3. foreteller
  4. foretellers
  5. foretellest
  6. foretelleth
  7. foretelling
  8. foretellings
  9. foretells
  10. foretels
  11. foretest

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