Foretell vs Premonish - What's the difference?
foretell | premonish | Related terms |
To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.
* Alexander Pope
* C. Middleton
(obsolete) To warn of something in advance
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Foretell is a related term of premonish.
As verbs the difference between foretell and premonish
is that foretell is to predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy while premonish is (obsolete) to warn of something in advance.foretell
English
Verb
- Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold .
- Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.