ppl. a. [pa. pple. of FORETELL v.] † a. Before mentioned (obs.). b. Predicted.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 21169 (Cott.).

        Efter þe riht-wis fortald iacob
O iurselem he was biscop.

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1589.  Nashe, Anat. Absurd., B iv. Hee lighteth no sooner on a quagmyre, but he thinketh this is the foretold Earthquake, wherof his boy hath the Ballet.

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1661.  Boyle, Style of Script. (1675), 37. That those, to whom they are first addressed, should know the fore-told events, before they do come to pass.

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