foretell

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

2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.Examples: "[…] 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."transitive