Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To betoken beforehand.
- To predestine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
signify beforehand;predict . - verb transitive To
read beforehand or ahead of time. - noun A
foreword ;preface .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Étoiles 'magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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They had no check handy, and Gloucester in particular foreread his death-warrant, but of necessity he shouted with the others, "Hail, King of England!"
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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She stayed thus, motionless, her meditations adrift in the future; and that which she foreread left her not all sorry nor profoundly glad, for living seemed by this, though scarcely the merry and colorful business which she had esteemed it, yet immeasurably the more worth while.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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She sat thus for a long period, her meditations adrift in the future; and that which she foreread left her nor all sorry nor profoundly glad, for living seemed by this, though scarcely the merry and colorful business which she had esteemed it, yet immeasurably the more worth while.
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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They had no check handy, and Gloucester in particular foreread his death-warrant, but of necessity he shouted with the others, "Hail, King of England!"
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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I will give you my daughter Ermengarde in marriage, I will make you my heir, I will give you half my kingdom -- "His voice rose, quavering; and it died now, for he foreread the damnation of
Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918
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