Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Foretell

Foretell , transitive verb

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. — Pope
Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. — C. Middleton

Foretell , intransitive verb

To utter predictions. — Acts iii. 24