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  • English Word Foreseize Definition To seize beforehand.
  • English Word Foreshadow Definition To shadow or typi/y beforehand; to prefigure.
  • English Word Foreshew Definition See Foreshow.
  • English Word Foreship Definition The fore part of a ship.
  • English Word Foreshorten Definition To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
  • English Word Foreshorten Definition Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
  • English Word Foreshortening Definition Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
  • English Word Foreshot Definition In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil.
  • English Word Foreshow Definition To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.
  • English Word Foreshower Definition One who predicts.
  • English Word Foreside Definition The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.
  • English Word Foreside Definition The outside or external covering.
  • English Word Foresight Definition The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
  • English Word Foresight Definition Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
  • English Word Foresight Definition Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
  • English Word Foresight Definition Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
  • English Word Foresighted Definition Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.
  • English Word Foresightful Definition Foresighted.
  • English Word Foresignify Definition To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.
  • English Word Foreskin Definition The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.
  • English Word Foreskirt Definition The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train.
  • English Word Foreslack Definition See Forslack.
  • English Word Foresleeve Definition The sleeve below the elbow.
  • English Word Foreslow Definition To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t.
  • English Word Foreslow Definition To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.
  • English Word Forespeak Definition See Forspeak.
  • English Word Forespeak Definition To foretell; to predict.
  • English Word Forespeaking Definition A prediction; also, a preface.
  • English Word Forespeech Definition A preface.
  • English Word Forespent Definition Already spent; gone by; past.