foretell

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.

   “Deeds then undone me faithful tongue foretold.”

   “Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.”

   “This was a demise foretold. Fatalistic in the face of a parliamentary impasse, Mr. Bayrou had, even before the debate began, invited his entourage to a “convivial moment,” or farewell soirée, this evening.”

2. (transitive)To tell (a person) of the future.

   “[…] there came to him a Person named Saul, whom Samuel had never before seen; but God made him know it was the same he had foretold him of.”