fortunetelling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FOR'TUNETELLING, participle present tense Telling the future events of one's life. FOR'TUNETELLING, noun The act or practice of foretelling the future fortune or events of one's life, which is a punishable crime.

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