foretell
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“What the Stars Foretell for the New Princess” was so popular—and such a terrific distraction—that the paper made it a regular feature.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
As they enter, man by man, Shape and size the people scan With eager glance; And of each ill-fated pair, That await the signal there, Foretell the chance.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
And you, O priest, the foreteller, foretell for yourself if you can, Foretell the hour of the day when the Vais shall burst on your clan!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
You, who to-day, from the most happy state, Have thrown me upon marriage.—Did not I Foretell it would be thus?
From The Comedies of Terence by Colman, George
I have heard the voice Of the Eternal Gods, and well-assured Foretell thee that thy death not now impends.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
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