foreshow

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And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me, and what, though neither augur skill’d Nor prophet, I yet trust shall come to pass.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Stocks.—These sweet scented flowers foreshow an unexpected happiness with someone whom you have not seen for a long while.

From Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves by Kent, Cicely

To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

To foreshow these is not prophecy, but prog- nostication.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir

For all things were done by Thy servants; either to show forth something needful for the present, or to foreshow things to come.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)