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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Foretaste

Fōre'tāste, n.

noun

n. A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation; pregustation.

Fōre-tāste', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FORETASTED; p. pr. & vb. n. FORETASTING.]

Sense 1. To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of something; to anticipate.

Sense 2. To taste before another.

Foretasted fruit Profaned first by the serpent. Milton.