Part 4492

<hw><hw>Fore" part`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Fore"part`</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.</def>

<h1>Forepast</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"past`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bygone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Forepossessed</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore`pos*sessed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Holding or held formerly in possession.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Preoccupied; prepossessed; pre\'89ngaged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Not extremely <b>forepossessed</b> with prejudice. <i>Bp. Sanderson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foreprize</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*prize"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To prize or rate beforehand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Forepromised</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore`prom"ised</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Promised beforehand; pre\'89ngaged.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Forequoted</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"quot`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.</def>

<h1>Foreran</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*ran"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Forerun</er>.</def>

<h1>Forerank</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"rank`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The first rank; the front.</def>

<h1>Forereach</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*reach"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.</def>

<h1>Forereach</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*reach"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.</def>

<i>R. H. Dana, Jr.</i>

<h1>Foreread</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*read"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>