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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fōr'ci-pal, a. p. 532Of the nature of forceps or pincers. [Obs.] Mechanics make use hereof in forcipal organs. Browne.Fôr'ci-pā'ted, a. p. 532Formed like a forceps, to open and inclose; as, a forcipated mouth. [Obs.] Derham.Fòr'ci-pā'tion, n. p. 532A pinching with forceps or pincers. Bacon.Fōrd, n. p. 532A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading. At the ford of Jordan, whither all flock To the Baptist. Milton. 2. A stream; a current. With water…Fōrd, v. t. p. 532To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by treading or walking on the bottom; to pass through by wading; to wade through.Fōrd'a-ble, a. p. 532Capable of being waded or passed through on foot, as water.For-dō', v. t. p. 532To destroy; to undo; to ruin. His eldest daughters have fordone themselves, And desperately are dead. Shak. 2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. “All with weary task fordone.” Shak.For-dōne', n. p. 532Undoing; ruin. [Obs.] Spencer.For-drīve', a. p. 532Driven away. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-drŭnk'en, a. p. 532Utterly drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-drȳ', a. p. 532Entirely dry. [Obs.] Chaucer.For-dwīned’, a. p. 532Dwindled away; consumed; vanished. [Obs.] Chaucer.Fōre, a. p. 532Advanced in place or position; coming first, as compared with something else; toward the front; forward;—opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment. 2. Advanced in time; occurring…Fōre, adv. p. 532In advance; at the front; in the part that precedes or goes first. Fore and aft (Naut.), from one end of the vessel to the other; lengthwise of the vessel. R. H. Dana.Fōre'-ad-mōn'ish, v. t. p. 532To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.Fōre'-ad-vīse', v. t. p. 532To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event; to pre-admonish. Shak.Fōre'-al-lē'ge', v. t. p. 532To allege or cite before. [Fotherby.]Fōre'-ap-point', v. t. p. 532To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.Fōre'-ap-point'ment, n. p. 532Previous appointment; pre-ordination. Sherwood.Fōre-ār'm, v. t. p. 532To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.Fōre'-ārm, n. p. 532(Anat.) That part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.Fōre'-bāy, n. p. 532The part of a mill-race where the water flows upon the wheel.Fōre-bēar', n. p. 532Foremother; ancestress. [Obs.]Fōre'-be-lief', n. p. 532Previous belief.Fōre-bōde', v. t. p. 532To foretell; to prognosticate. 2. To be prescient of, as of some misfortune or trial; to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is to happen; to augur despondingly. My heart forebodes I…Fōre-bōde’, n. p. 532Prophecy; prognostication; presage. [Obs.] Goodwin.Fōre-bōde'ment, n. p. 532The act of foreboding.Fōre-bōd’er, n. p. 532One who forebodes; a soothsayer; a prognosticator. D’Estrange.Fōre-bōd'ing-ly, adv. p. 532In a foreboding manner.Fōre'-bŏd'y, n. p. 532(Naut.) The front part of a ship, from the mainmast to the head.Fōre'-bōw, n. p. 532The fore part of a saddle.Fōre'brāçe, n. p. 532A rope applied to the fore yard-arm, to change the position of the foresail.Fōre-bȳ′, prep. p. 532Near; hard by; fast by. [Obs.] Spenser.Fōre'-căb'in, n. p. 532(Neut.) A cabin in the fore part of a ship, having inferior accommodations. Simmonds.Fōre-cȧst', v. t. p. 532To plan before execution; to contrive beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24. 2. To foresee; to provide against. It is wisdom to…Fōre-cȧst', v. i. p. 532To form a scheme previously; to contrive beforehand. “If it happen as I did forecast.” Milton.Fōre'cȧst, n. p. 532Previous contrivance or determination; pre-appointment. He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. Addison. 2. Foresight of consequences, and…Fōre-cȧst'er, n. p. 532One who forecasts.Fōre'câs-tle, n. p. 532(Naut.) (a.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (b.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck…Fōre-chōs'en, a. p. 532Pre-elected; chosen beforehand.Fōre-cit'ed, a. p. 532Cited or quoted before or above.Fōre-clōse', v. t. p. 532To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew. To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court…Fōre-clōs'ūre, n. p. 532The act or process of foreclosing; deprivation of a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. Blackstone.Fōre'-con-cēive, v. t. p. 532To preconceive. Bacon.Fōre-dāte', v. t. p. 532To date before the true time; to antedate.Fōre'deck, n. p. 532(Naut.) The forepart of a deck, or of a ship.Fōre-deem', v. t. p. 532To recognize in advance. [Obs.] Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you<br>An idle meteor.<br>J. Webster.Fōre-deem’, v. i. p. 532To know beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.] Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. German Test.Fōre/de-sign', v. t. p. 532To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.Fōre'de-tēr'mīne, v. t. p. 532To determine or decree beforehand. Hopkins.Fōre/dis-pōse', v. t. p. 532To bestow in advance or beforehand. King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.Fōre-dōom', v. t. p. 532To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.Fōre'dōom, n. p. 532Previous doom or sentence; announcement of condemnation. A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult. Southey.Fōre-ēld’er, n. p. 532An ancestor.Fōre'-ĕnd, n. p. 532The end which precedes; the anterior part. Bacon.Fōre'fa-ther, n. p. 532One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke.Fōre-feel', v. t. p. 532To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.Fōre-fēnce′, n. p. 532Defense in front. [Obs.] Holland.Fōre-fēnd′, v. t. p. 532To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history. Landor. It would be a far better work ... to forefend the…Fōre'fin-ger, n. p. 532The finger next to the thumb; the index.