Part 4483

<blockquote>King James had by promise <b>foredisposed</b> the place on the Bishop of Meath. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foredoom</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*doom"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Foredeem</er>.]</ety> <def>To doom beforehand; to predestinate.</def>

<blockquote>Thou art <b>foredomed</b> to view the Stygian state. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foredoom</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"doom`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Doom or sentence decreed in advance.</def> "A dread <i>foredoom</i> ringing in the ears of the guilty adult."

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Forefather</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"fa`ther</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.</def>

<blockquote>Respecting your <b>forefathers</b>, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Forefathers' Day</col>, <cd>the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.</cd></cs>

<h1>Forefeel</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*feel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea <b>forefeels</b> winds. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forefence</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`fence"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Defense in front.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forefend</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*fend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forfenden</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>fenden</ets> to fend. See <er>Fend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See <er>Forfend</er>.</def>

<blockquote>God <b>forefend</b> it should ever be recorded in our history. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It would be a far better work . . . to <b>forefend</b> the cruelty. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forefinger</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"fin`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The finger next to the thumb; the index.</def>

<h1>Foreflow</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*flow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To flow before.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forefoot</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written <i>fore foot</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.</def>

<h1>Foreefront</h1> <Xpage=583>