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<hw>Fore"taste`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.</def>

<h1>Foretaste</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore*taste"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To taste before another.</def> "<i>Foretasted</i> fruit."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Foretaster</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore"tast`er</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who tastes beforehand, or before another.</def>

<h1>Foreteach</h1> <Xpage=585>

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

<h1>Foretell</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore*tell"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Foretold</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foretelling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.</def>

<blockquote>Deeds then undone my faithful tongue <b>foretold</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Prodigies, <b>foretelling</b> the future eminence and luster of his character. <i>C. Middleton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.</syn>

<h1>Foretell</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore*tell"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To utter predictions.</def>

<i>Acts iii. 24.</i>

<h1>Foreteller</h1> <Xpage=585>

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

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Forethink</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore*think"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The soul of every man Prophetically doth <b>forethink</b> thy fall. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contrive (something) beforehend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Forethink</h1> <Xpage=585>

<hw>Fore*think"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To contrive beforehand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forethought</h1> <Xpage=585>

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