foreshow

  • 11foreshow — /fɔˈʃoʊ/ (say faw shoh) verb (t) (foreshowed, foreshown, foreshowing) to show beforehand; foretell; foreshadow. {Middle English forescewen, Old English forescēawian, from fore fore + scēawian show} …

  • 12foreshow — v.tr. (past part. shown) 1 foretell. 2 foreshadow, portend, prefigure …

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  • 13Portend — Por*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portending}.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See {Position}, {Tend}.] 1. To indicate (events,… …

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  • 14Portended — Portend Por*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portending}.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See {Position}, {Tend}.] 1. To indicate… …

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  • 15Portending — Portend Por*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portending}.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See {Position}, {Tend}.] 1. To indicate… …

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  • 16Prognosticate — Prog*nos ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke.… …

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  • 17Prognosticated — Prognosticate Prog*nos ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate… …

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  • 18Prognosticating — Prognosticate Prog*nos ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prognosticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prognosticating}.] [See {Prognostic}.] To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate… …

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  • 19bode — 1. verb a) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. b) To foreshow something; to augur. 2. noun a) An omen; a foreshadowing …

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  • 20Prediction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prediction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prediction prediction announcement Sgm: N 1 program program programme &c.(plan) 626 Sgm: N 1 premonition premonition &c.(warning) 668 Sgm: N 1 prognosis prognosis …

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