<h1>Forever</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>For*ev"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[<ets>For</ets>, prep. + <ets>ever</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>At all times; always.</def>
<note>&hand; In England, <i>for</i> and <i>ever</i> are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to make but a single word of them.</note>
<cs><col>Forever and ever</col>, <cd>an emphatic "forever."</cd></cs>
<syn>Syn. -- Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably; incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly; ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly; eternally.</syn>
<h1>Forevouched</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore*vouched"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Foreward</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore"ward`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The van; the front.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>My <b>foreward</b> shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Forewarn</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore*warn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forewarned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forewarning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.</def>
<blockquote>We were <b>forewarned</b> of your coming. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Forewaste</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore*waste"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Forewaste</er>.</def>
<i>Gascoigne.</i>
<h1>Forewend</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore*wend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fore</ets> + <ets>wend</ets>.]</ety> <def>To go before.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Forewish</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore*wish"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To wish beforehand.</def>
<h1>Forewit</h1> <Xpage=585>
<hw>Fore"wit`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Nor that the <b>forewits</b>, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Foresight; prudence.</def>
<blockquote>Let this <b>forewit</b> guide thy thought. <i>Southwell.</i></blockquote>
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