Part 274

Dan. xi. 24.

2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.

It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences.

L'Estrange.

Fore*cast", v. i. To contrive or plan beforehand.

If it happen as I did forecast.

Milton.

Fore"cast (?), n. Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.

He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves.

Addison.

2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.

His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp.

Prescott.

Fore*cast"er (?), n. One who forecast. Johnson.

Fore"cas`tle (?; sailors say &?;), n. (Naut.) (a) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. (b) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (c) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.

Fore`cho"sen (?), a. Chosen beforehand.

Fore"cit`ed (?), a. Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.

Fore*close" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing (?).] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.

Carew.

To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. -- To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. Wharton.

Fore*clo"sure (?; 135), n. The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

Fore`con*ceive" (?), v. t. To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fore*date" (?), v. t. To date before the true time; to antedate.

Fore"deck` (?), n. (Naut.) The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

Fore*deem" (?), v. t. To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall.

Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor.

J. Webster.