pretell en · VERB
Etymology
From pre- + tell.
Meanings
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To predict.
The Roman historian Tacitus does not simply tell what has happened in a past long past so that it will be preserved for the present and into an endless future; rather, he pretells what has happened, in effect transposing history (necessarily of the past) into prediction (necessarily of the future).
1983, David A. White, The Grand Continuum: Reflections on Joyce and Metaphysics:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pretold | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pretold | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pretells | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pretelling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |