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"foretell" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often prophesy (8 letters).
Definitions
indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Word origin
c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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