v. Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + SPELL.] trans. To spell beforehand, a. To predict. b. To decipher beforehand.

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1611.  Panegyr. Verses, in Coryat’s Crudities.

        Some Barde a bird of Merlins ayrie
  Of Glassen Abbie had forespeld
  That it should stand, and not be feld,
  Till Whiting ouer it did ferrie.

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1652.  Gaule, Πῦς-μαντία, the Mag-astro-mancer, 10. And so written in letters, and legible characters, that a man may fore-spell, and fore-read them, and all mens fates and fortunes in them?.

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