Part 4481

<hw>Fore"brain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See <er>Brain</er>.</def>

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<hw>Fore*by"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fore</ets> + <ets>by</ets>.]</ety> <def>Near; hard by; along; past. See <er>Forby</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Fore*cast"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.</def>

<blockquote>He shall <b>forecast</b> his devices against the strongholds. <i>Dan. xi. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.</def>

<blockquote>It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to <b>forecast</b> consequences. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fore*cast"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To contrive or plan beforehand.</def>

<blockquote>If it happen as I did <b>forecast</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fore"cast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.</def>

<blockquote>He makes this difference to arise from the <b>forecast</b> and predetermination of the gods themselves. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.</def>

<blockquote>His calm, deliberate <b>forecast</b> better fitted him for the council than the camp. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fore*cast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who forecast.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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

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<hw>Fore`cho"sen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Chosen beforehand.</def>

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<hw>Fore"cit`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cited or quoted before or above.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

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