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FORESHOW
foreshow
(verb) foretell by divine inspiration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
foreshow (third-person singular simple present foreshows, present participle foreshowing, simple past foreshowed, past participle foreshown)
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
Etymology 2
Noun
foreshow (plural foreshows)
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […].
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*show", v. t. Etym: [AS. foresceƔwian to foresee, provide; fore + sceƔwian to see. See Show, v. t.]
Definition: To 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 foreshows. Denham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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