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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. Fōre'mōst, a.p. 533First in place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. That struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.
  2. Fōre'mōst-ly, adv.p. 533In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.
  3. Fōre'mōth-er, n.p. 533A female ancestor. Prideaux.
  4. Fōre'nāme, n.p. 533A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden.
  5. Fōre'nāmed, a.p. 533Named or nominated before; mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.
  6. Fōre-nēnst’, prep.p. 533Over against; opposite to. [Obs.] The lands forenest the Greekish shore. Fairfax.
  7. Fōre'noon, n.p. 533The former part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon; the first part of the day.
  8. Fōre'nō-tīçe, n.p. 533Notice or information of an event before it happens. Rymer.
  9. Fo-rên'sal, a.p. 533Forensic. [Rare.]
  10. Fo-rên'sic or Fo-rên'sic-al, a.p. 533Belonging to courts of judicature or public discussion and debate; used in courts or legal proceedings, or in public discussions; appropriate to an argument; argumentative; as, a forensic term…
  11. Fōre'-or-dāin', v. t.p. 533To ordain or appoint beforehand; to pre-ordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.
  12. Fōre-ôr'di-nāte, v. t.p. 533To fore-ordain. [Rare.]
  13. Fōre-ôr'di-nā'tion, n.p. 533Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
  14. Fōre'pārt, n.p. 533The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the anterior part; the beginning; as, the forepart of a series. “The front and forepart of his life.” South.
  15. Fōre-páss', v. t.p. 533To pass by or along. [Obs.] Shak.
  16. Fōre'-plāne, n.p. 533(Carp.) The first plane used after the saw and ax; a jack-plane. Gwilt.
  17. Fōre/pos-sĕssed', a.p. 533Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Pre-occupied; prepossessed; pre-engaged. Any rational man not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Sanderson.
  18. Fōre-prīze′, v. t.p. 533To prize or rate beforehand. Hooker.
  19. Fōre'-prōm'ised, a.p. 533Promised beforehand; pre-engaged. Bp. Hall.
  20. Fōre-quōt'ed, a.p. 533Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the work.
  21. Fōre-rān', imp.p. 533of forerun.
  22. Fōre'rānk, n.p. 533The first rank; the front. Shak.
  23. Fōre-rēach′, v. t.p. 533(Naut.) To advance or gain ground upon, as on a vessel.
  24. Fōre-rēach′, v. i.p. 533(Naut.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. Dana.
  25. Fōre-rēad', v. t.p. 533To signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] Spenser.
  26. Fōre-rēad'ing, n.p. 533Previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales.
  27. Fōre/re-cit'ed, a.p. 533Named or recited before. Shak.
  28. Fōre're-mēm'bered, a.p. 533Called to mind previously. Montagu.
  29. Fōre'-rēnt, n.p. 533Rent due before the first crop is reaped. [Scotland.]
  30. Fōre'rīght, a.p. 533Ready; forward; quick. [Obs.] Massinger.
  31. Fōre'rīght, adv.p. 533Right forward; onward. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  32. Fōre-rŭn', v. t.p. 533To run before; to precede; to have the start of. Graunt. 2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce. These signs forerun the death or fall of…
  33. Fōre-rŭn'ner, n.p. 533A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; hence, a sign foreshowing something to follow; a prognostic; as, the forerunners of a fever. My elder brothers, my…
  34. Fōre'said, a.p. 533Mentioned before; aforesaid. [Obs.]
  35. Fōre'sail, n.p. 533(Naut.) (a.) A sail extended on the fore-yard, which is supported by the foremast. (b.) The first triangular sail before the mast of a sloop or cutter.
  36. Fōre-sāy’, v. t.p. 533To predict; to foretell; to presage; to prophesy; to prognosticate. [Obs.] Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax.
  37. Fōre-see’, v. t.p. 533To see beforehand; to see or know before occurrence; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself. Prov. xxii. 3.
  38. Fôre-see', v. i.p. 533To exercise foresight.
  39. Fōre-seen’, conj.p. 533Provided; in case that; on condition that. [Obs.] One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities with the person that eateth.…
  40. Fōre-seer', n.p. 533One who foresees or foreknows.
  41. Fōre-sēize′, v. t.p. 533To seize beforehand.
  42. Fōre-shād'ōw, v. t.p. 533To shadow or typify beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden.
  43. Fōre-shew', v. t.p. 533See FORESHOW.
  44. Fōre'ship, n.p. 533The forepart of a ship. Acts xxvii. 30.
  45. Fōre-shôrt'en, v. t.p. 533(Paint.) To shorten by representing in an oblique position; to represent as seen obliquely. An arm extended toward the spectator will be foreshortened in a painting. Songs, and deeds, and lives that…
  46. Fōre-shôrt'en-ing, n.p. 533The representation or appearance, or diminution of length, of objects, when viewed obliquely. See FORESHORTEN. Dryden.
  47. Fōre-shōw′, v. t.p. 533To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. Shak. Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day…
  48. Fôre-shōw'er, n.p. 533One who predicts.
  49. Fōre'side, n.p. 533The front side; also, a specious outside. Spenser.
  50. Fōre'sight, n.p. 533The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge; prognostication. Milton. 2. Action in reference to the future; provident care of futurity; prudence in guarding against evil; wise…
  51. Fōre'sight-ed, a.p. 533Prudent in guarding against evil; provident for the future. Bartram.
  52. Fōre'sight-ful, a.p. 533Prescient; provident; foresighted. [Obs.] Sidney.
  53. Fōre-sig'ni-fy, v. t.p. 533To signify beforehand; to betoken previously; to foreshow; to typify. They oft foresignify and threaten ill. Milton.
  54. Fōre'skin, n.p. 533(Anat.) The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce.
  55. Fōre'skirt, n.p. 533The loose and pendulous part of a coat before. Shak.
  56. Fōre-slăck′, v. t.p. 533To neglect by idleness; not to seize or improve promptly; to foreslow; to delay. [Obs.] Spenser.
  57. Fōre'sleeve, n.p. 533That part of a sleeve between the elbow and wrist.
  58. Fōre-slōw′, v. t.p. 533To make slow; to delay; to hinder; to impede; to obstruct. [Obs.] No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their hasty pace. Fairfax. 2. To be dilatory about; to procrastinate; to put off; to…
  59. Fōre-slōw’, v. i.p. 533To be dilatory; to loiter. [Obs.] Foreslow no longer; make we hence amain. Shak.
  60. Fōre-spēak', v. t.p. 533To foresay; to foreshow; to foretell; to predict. My mother was half a witch; never any thing that she forespake but came to pass. Beau. & Fl. 2. To bewitch; to enchant. Drayton. 3. To forspeak, or…