Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tell the fortune of; play the fortune-teller to.
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Examples
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They thought I was a lady to fortune-tell, and came quickly.
The Gypsies Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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Tycho was no less fond of being consulted as a fortune-tell, and willingly encouraged an opinion, that his knowledge of the heavenly bodies iiabled him to observe horo - scopes, and foretel events.
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