"tell fortunes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tell fortunes.ogg Forms: tells fortunes [present, singular, third-person], telling fortunes [participle, present], told fortunes [participle, past], told fortunes [past], tell someone's fortune [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tell<,,told> fortunes}} tell fortunes (third-person singular simple present tells fortunes, present participle telling fortunes, simple past and past participle told fortunes)
  1. (idiomatic) To tell someone's destiny or future, usually by magic. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to tell someone's destiny or future): hariolor (Latin)

Inflected forms

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