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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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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.Fōre-flōw’, v. t. p. 532To flow before. Dryden.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.Fōre'frōnt (-frūnt), n. p. 532The foremost part or place; as, the forefront of a building, or of the battle.Fōre'-gāme, n. p. 532A first game; first plan. Whitlock.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.Fōre-gāth'er, v. i. p. 532The same as FORGATHER.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…Fōre-gō'er, n. p. 532One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor. 2. One who forbears to enjoy.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.Fōre-guess', v. t. p. 532To conjecture. [Obs.] Sherwood.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…Fōre'hānd, a. p. 532Done beforehand; anticipative. And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak.Fōre'hānd/ed, a. p. 532Early; timely; seasonable. “Forehanded care.” Bp. Taylor. 2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; not behind-hand; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded…Fōre'head, n. p. 532The front of that part of the skull which incloses the brain; that part of the face which extends from the usual line of hair on the top of the head to the eyes; the brow. 2. Unabashedness of…Fōre'head-bald, a. p. 532Bald above the forehead, or to the top of the head. Lev. xiii. 41.Fōre-hear', v. i. p. 532To be informed beforehand.Fōre-hĕnd’, v. t. p. 532To seize. [Obs.] Spenser.