foreshow
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At least accomplish what your signs foreshow: I stand resign'd, and am prepar'd to go.'
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Thy father's battle-brand, of yore For Tine-man forged by fairy lore, What time he leagued, no longer foes His Border spears with Hotspur's bows, Did, self-unscabbarded, foreshow The footstep of a secret foe.
From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir
Tell.Ev'ry day such actions Occur in plenty: needs no sign or wonder To foreshow them.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas
Oh times like those alone By fate reserved for great Augustus’ throne, When the joint growth of arms and arts foreshow The world a monarch, and that monarch you!”
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David
The gods' foreknowledge on our swords will wait: If we fight well, they must foreshow good fate.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.