Forespell

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To spell in advance; foretell; make a warning about something upcoming; tell or indicate beforehand; predict transitive

    "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."

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predictpresagepresage

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"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."

Etymology

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

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