† forespellv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To spell beforehand.
a. To predict.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)]
fore-sayc900
bodeOE
before-sayOE
before-tella1382
foretella1400
prognostica1400
tella1400
prenosticate?a1475
prenostic1477
prognosticatec1487
forespeak1489
prognostify1495
foreshow1561
prenunce1563
presage1569
boden1573
forewarn1582
predict1590
forehalsen1594
foresignify1597
prognosticon1602
predivine1607
forespell1611
predicate1623
prenuntiate1623
preadmonish1644
forebode1664
prediction1665
prenotea1711
bespeak1721
pre-announce1793
prophesize1848
to call for ——1895
pick1909
1611 ‘G. Vadianus’ Declaration of Nereus in T. Coryate Crudities sig. h v Some Barde..had forespeld That it should stand,..Till Whiting ouer it did ferrie.
b. To decipher beforehand.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > to decipher or interpret, read > beforehand
forespell1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 10 So written in..legible characters, that a man may fore-spell, and fore-read them.
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v.1611- the right sort
- the right stuff
- the right way
- the right way of
- the right way of it
- the right —— for the job
- the rights
- the rightward
- the rightward of
- the rightwards
- the rightwards of
- the rigour of the law
- the rise of
- the river eridanus
- the riverward
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- the road to nowhere
- the rockies
- the roof and crown of
- the roof and crown of something
- the roof falls in
- the roof of the world
- the root
- the root of all evil
- the roots