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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. For-dwīned’, a.p. 532Dwindled away; consumed; vanished. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. 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…
  3. 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.
  4. Fōre'-ad-mōn'ish, v. t.p. 532To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.
  5. Fōre'-ad-vīse', v. t.p. 532To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event; to pre-admonish. Shak.
  6. Fōre'-al-lē'ge', v. t.p. 532To allege or cite before. [Fotherby.]
  7. Fōre'-ap-point', v. t.p. 532To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.
  8. Fōre'-ap-point'ment, n.p. 532Previous appointment; pre-ordination. Sherwood.
  9. Fōre-ār'm, v. t.p. 532To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.
  10. Fōre'-ārm, n.p. 532(Anat.) That part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
  11. Fōre'-bāy, n.p. 532The part of a mill-race where the water flows upon the wheel.
  12. Fōre-bēar', n.p. 532Foremother; ancestress. [Obs.]
  13. Fōre'-be-lief', n.p. 532Previous belief.
  14. 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…
  15. Fōre-bōde’, n.p. 532Prophecy; prognostication; presage. [Obs.] Goodwin.
  16. Fōre-bōde'ment, n.p. 532The act of foreboding.
  17. Fōre-bōd’er, n.p. 532One who forebodes; a soothsayer; a prognosticator. D’Estrange.
  18. Fōre-bōd'ing-ly, adv.p. 532In a foreboding manner.
  19. Fōre'-bŏd'y, n.p. 532(Naut.) The front part of a ship, from the mainmast to the head.
  20. Fōre'-bōw, n.p. 532The fore part of a saddle.
  21. Fōre'brāçe, n.p. 532A rope applied to the fore yard-arm, to change the position of the foresail.
  22. Fōre-bȳ′, prep.p. 532Near; hard by; fast by. [Obs.] Spenser.
  23. Fōre'-căb'in, n.p. 532(Neut.) A cabin in the fore part of a ship, having inferior accommodations. Simmonds.
  24. 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…
  25. Fōre-cȧst', v. i.p. 532To form a scheme previously; to contrive beforehand. “If it happen as I did forecast.” Milton.
  26. 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…
  27. Fōre-cȧst'er, n.p. 532One who forecasts.
  28. 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…
  29. Fōre-chōs'en, a.p. 532Pre-elected; chosen beforehand.
  30. Fōre-cit'ed, a.p. 532Cited or quoted before or above.
  31. 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…
  32. Fōre-clōs'ūre, n.p. 532The act or process of foreclosing; deprivation of a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. Blackstone.
  33. Fōre'-con-cēive, v. t.p. 532To preconceive. Bacon.
  34. Fōre-dāte', v. t.p. 532To date before the true time; to antedate.
  35. Fōre'deck, n.p. 532(Naut.) The forepart of a deck, or of a ship.
  36. Fōre-deem', v. t.p. 532To recognize in advance. [Obs.] Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you<br>An idle meteor.<br>J. Webster.
  37. 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.
  38. Fōre/de-sign', v. t.p. 532To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
  39. Fōre'de-tēr'mīne, v. t.p. 532To determine or decree beforehand. Hopkins.
  40. 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.
  41. Fōre-dōom', v. t.p. 532To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.
  42. Fōre'dōom, n.p. 532Previous doom or sentence; announcement of condemnation. A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult. Southey.
  43. Fōre-ēld’er, n.p. 532An ancestor.
  44. Fōre'-ĕnd, n.p. 532The end which precedes; the anterior part. Bacon.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. Fōre-fēnce′, n.p. 532Defense in front. [Obs.] Holland.
  48. 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…
  49. Fōre'fin-ger, n.p. 532The finger next to the thumb; the index.
  50. Fōre-flōw’, v. t.p. 532To flow before. Dryden.
  51. Fōre'fōot, n.p. 532One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped. 2. (Naut.) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem. Totten.
  52. Fōre'frōnt (-frūnt), n.p. 532The foremost part or place; as, the forefront of a building, or of the battle.
  53. Fōre'-gāme, n.p. 532A first game; first plan. Whitlock.
  54. Fōre'-gāng'er, n.p. 532(Naut.) A short piece of rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a line is attached when used. Totten.
  55. Fōre-gāth'er, v. i.p. 532The same as FORGATHER.
  56. Fōre-gō', v. t.p. 532To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce;—said either of a thing…
  57. Fōre-gō'er, n.p. 532One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor. 2. One who forbears to enjoy.
  58. Fōre'ground, n.p. 532The part of the field or expanse of a picture which seems to lie nearest the spectator, or before the figures.
  59. Fōre-guess', v. t.p. 532To conjecture. [Obs.] Sherwood.
  60. Fōre'hānd, n.p. 532All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson. 2. The chief or most important part. Shak. 3. Prudence; advantage. And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Hath the forehand and…