forespell

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forespell

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From fore- + spell. Compare Dutch voorspellen (“to predict”).

verb forespells · forespelling · forespelled · forespelt

  1. transitive To spell in advance; foretell; make a warning about something upcoming; tell or indicate beforehand; predict The single boat, locus of misunderstanding about the loaves by a single group, is developed in two directions: Jesus' boat forespells the ability to understand the feeding sign, while the Tiberias boats forespell the opposite.

    Similar: presage

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@misc{forespell_2026,
  title = {forespell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forespell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}