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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-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.
  2. Fôre-see', v. i.p. 533To exercise foresight.
  3. 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.…
  4. Fōre-seer', n.p. 533One who foresees or foreknows.
  5. Fōre-sēize′, v. t.p. 533To seize beforehand.
  6. Fōre-shād'ōw, v. t.p. 533To shadow or typify beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden.
  7. Fōre-shew', v. t.p. 533See FORESHOW.
  8. Fōre'ship, n.p. 533The forepart of a ship. Acts xxvii. 30.
  9. 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…
  10. Fōre-shôrt'en-ing, n.p. 533The representation or appearance, or diminution of length, of objects, when viewed obliquely. See FORESHORTEN. Dryden.
  11. 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…
  12. Fôre-shōw'er, n.p. 533One who predicts.
  13. Fōre'side, n.p. 533The front side; also, a specious outside. Spenser.
  14. 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…
  15. Fōre'sight-ed, a.p. 533Prudent in guarding against evil; provident for the future. Bartram.
  16. Fōre'sight-ful, a.p. 533Prescient; provident; foresighted. [Obs.] Sidney.
  17. Fōre-sig'ni-fy, v. t.p. 533To signify beforehand; to betoken previously; to foreshow; to typify. They oft foresignify and threaten ill. Milton.
  18. Fōre'skin, n.p. 533(Anat.) The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce.
  19. Fōre'skirt, n.p. 533The loose and pendulous part of a coat before. Shak.
  20. Fōre-slăck′, v. t.p. 533To neglect by idleness; not to seize or improve promptly; to foreslow; to delay. [Obs.] Spenser.
  21. Fōre'sleeve, n.p. 533That part of a sleeve between the elbow and wrist.
  22. 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…
  23. Fōre-slōw’, v. i.p. 533To be dilatory; to loiter. [Obs.] Foreslow no longer; make we hence amain. Shak.
  24. 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…
  25. Fōre'speak-ing, n.p. 533A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet.
  26. Fōre'speech, n.p. 533A preface. [Obs.] Sherwood.
  27. Fōre-spĕnt', a.p. 533Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. Shak. 2. Past; spent; as, life forespent. Spenser.
  28. Fōre-spür'rer, n.p. 533One who rides before. [Obs.] Shak.
  29. Fôr'est, n.p. 533An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. 2. (Eng. Law.) A large extent or…
  30. Fôr'est, v. t.p. 533To cover with trees or wood.
  31. Fôr'est, a.p. 533Pertaining to a forest; sylvan; rustic. Forest laws, laws for governing and regulating forests, and preserving game. [Eng.]
  32. Fōre'staffp. 533m. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, and now superseded by the sextant. Brande.
  33. Fôr'est-age, n.p. 533(Eng. Law.) (a.) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. (b.) An ancient service paid by foresters to the king.
  34. Fôr'est-al, a.p. 533Pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
  35. Fōre-stall′, v. t.p. 533To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. Why need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? Milton. 2. To take possession of in advance of something else…
  36. Fōre-stall'er, n.p. 534One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price. Locke.
  37. Fōre'stāy, n.p. 534(Naut.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head toward the bowsprit end, to support the mast.
  38. Fŏr'est-er, n.p. 534One who has charge of a forest; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. 2. An inhabitant of a forest; a sylvan. Shak. 3. A forest-tree. Evelyn.
  39. Fōre'stĭck, n.p. 534The front stick of a wood fire.
  40. Fŏr'est-ry, n.p. 534The art of forming or managing forests. [Rare.]
  41. Fŏr'est-tree, n.p. 534A tree of the forest, not a fruit tree.
  42. Fōre'swart or Fōre'swat, a.p. 534Exhausted by heat. [Obs.] Sidney.
  43. Fōre'tāste, n.p. 534A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation; pregustation.
  44. Fōre-tāste', v. t.p. 534To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of something; to anticipate. 2. To taste before another. Foretasted fruit Profaned first by the serpent. Milton.
  45. Fōre'tāst-er, n.p. 534One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
  46. Fōre-tēach', v. t.p. 534To teach or instruct beforehand. [Obs.] Spenser.
  47. Fōre-tĕll', v. t.p. 534To predict; to tell before occurrence; to prophesy; to foretoken; to foreshow. For many men that stumble at the threshold Are well foretold that danger lurks within. Shak. Deeds then undone my…
  48. Fōre-tĕll', v. i.p. 534To utter prediction or prophecy. All the prophets . . . have likewise foretold of these days. Acts iii. 24.
  49. Fōre-tĕll’er, n.p. 534One who predicts or prophesies; a foreshower. Boyle.
  50. Fōre-thĭnk', v. t.p. 534To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind. [Obs.] The soul of every man Prophetically does forethink thy fall. Shak. 2. To contrive beforehand. Bp. Hall.
  51. Fōre-thĭnk', v. i.p. 534To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]
  52. Fōre'thōught, a.p. 534Prepense. “Fore-thought malice.” Bacon.
  53. Fōre'thôught, n.p. 534A thinking beforehand; anticipation; prescience; premeditation. L'Estrange. 2. Provident care; forecast. A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.
  54. Fōre’thōught-ful, a.p. 534Having forethought. [Rare.]
  55. Fōre-tō'ken, v. t.p. 534To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.
  56. Fōre'tō-ken, n.p. 534Prognostic; previous sign or omen. Sidney.
  57. Fōre'-tōoth, n.p. 534One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
  58. Fōre'tōp, n.p. 534The hair on the forepart of the head. 2. That part of a head-dress that is forward; the top of a periwig. 3. (Naut.) The platform erected at the head of the foremast.
  59. Fōre-tōp'-māst, n.p. 534(Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the foretop-gallant-mast.
  60. For-ēv'er, adv.p. 534To eternity; eternally; through endless ages. 2. At all times. ☞ In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to…