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pretold

pretold is the simple past and past participle of pretell.

Meaning of pretell

Verb

pretell (third-person singular simple present pretells, present participle pretelling, simple past and past participle pretold)

  1. To predict.
    • The Roman historian Tacitus does not simply tell what has happened in a past long past so that it will be preserved for the present and into an endless future; rather, he pretells what has happened, in effect transposing history (necessarily of the past) into prediction (necessarily of the future).1983, David A. White, The Grand Continuum: Reflections on Joyce and Metaphysics

Questions about pretold

What is pretold the simple past and past participle of?
Pretold is the simple past and past participle of pretell.

Words near pretold in the dictionary

  1. Pretlow
  2. Pretlows
  3. pretoddler
  4. pretoddlers
  5. pretoir
  6. pretold
  7. pretomanid
  8. pretonal
  9. pretonic
  10. pretopological
  11. pretopology

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