释义 |
forthtell, v. rare.|fɔərθˈtɛl| [f. forth adv. + tell v.] trans. To tell forth, publish abroad. So forthˈteller.
1549–62Sternhold & H. Ps. cxlviii. 14 His Saints shall all forthtell His praise and worthinesse. 1561Kethe Ps. c. 1 Hym serue with feare, his praise forth tell. 1889T. Wright Chalice of Carden xv. 108 ‘Imprinted’, as its title page forthtold, in the last year of Elizabeth. 1920Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 Mr Wells takes himself much more seriously as historian than as humorous novelist, or ‘forthteller’ of scientific development. 1964G. A. Williamson World of Josephus iii. 63 A prophet was not primarily a foreteller, but a forthteller. |