Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FORETELL
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance; “Call the outcome of an election”
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
(verb) foreshadow or presage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)
(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
(transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.
Synonyms
• foresay
• forespeak
Anagrams
• toll-free, tollfree
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*tell", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling.]
Definition: To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.
Syn.
– To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
Fore*tell", v. i.
Definition: To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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