Part 4493

<h1>Forerecited</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore`re*cit"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Named or recited before.</def> "The <i>forerecited</i> practices."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Foreremembered</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore`re*mem"bered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Called to mind previously.</def>

<i>Bp. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Foreright</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"right`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ready; directly forward; going before.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>foreright</i> wind."

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Foreright</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"right`</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Right forward; onward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forerun</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*run"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.</def>

<blockquote>These signs <b>forerun</b> the death or fall of kings. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forerunner</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*run"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; <as>as, the <ex>forerunner</ex> of a fever</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whither the <b>forerunner</b> in for us entered, even Jesus. <i>Heb. vi. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My elder brothers, my <b>forerunners</b>, came. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A predecessor; an ancestor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A piece of rag terminating the log line.</def>

<h1>Foresaid</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"said`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mentioned before; aforesaid.</def>

<h1>Foresail</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore"sail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.</def>

<h1>Foresay</h1> <Xpage=584>

<hw>Fore*say"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>foresecgan</ets>; <ets>fore + secgan</ets> to say. See <er>Say</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To foretell.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>