Chapter 618

Fore`dis*pose" (?) , v. t. To bestow beforehand. [R.]

King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.

Foredoom <Xpage=583>

Fore*doom" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Foredeem .] To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.

Foredoom <Xpage=583>

Fore"doom` (?) , n. Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult."

Southey.

Forefather <Xpage=583>

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

Respecting your forefathers , you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke.

Forefathers' Day , 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.

Forefeel <Xpage=583>

Fore*feel" (?) , v. t. To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.]

As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.

Forefence <Xpage=583>

Fore`fence" (?) , n. Defense in front. [Obs.]

Forefend <Xpage=583>

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

God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history. Landor.

It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the cruelty. I. Taylor.

Forefinger <Xpage=583>

Fore"fin`ger (?) , n. The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Foreflow <Xpage=583>

Fore*flow" (?) , v. t. To flow before. [Obs.]

Forefoot <Xpage=583>

Fore"foot` (?) , n. 1. One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot .

2. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

Foreefront <Xpage=583>

Foree"front` (?) , n. Foremost part or place.

Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle. 2 Sam. xi. 15.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know. J. C. Shairp.

Foregame <Xpage=583>

Fore"game` (?) , n. A first game; first plan. [Obs.]

Whitlock.

Foreganger <Xpage=583>

Fore"gang`er (?) , n. [Prop., a goer before cf. G. voreg\'84nger . See Fore , and Gang .] (Naut.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin<?/ may be attached.

Totten.

Foregather <Xpage=583>

Fore*gath"er (?) , v. i. Same as Forgather .

Foregift <Xpage=583>

Fore"gift` (?) , n. (Law) A premium paid by <?/ lessee when taking his lease.

Foregleam <Xpage=583>

Fore"gleam` (?) , n. An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.

The foregleams of wisdom. Whittier.

Forego <Xpage=583>

Fore*go" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Forewent 2 ; p. p. Foregone (?; 115) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing .] [See Forgo .] 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert.

2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.

All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego . Milton.

Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego . Keble.

[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. R. L. Stevenson.

&hand; Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego , to go before.

Forego <Xpage=583>

Fore*go" , v. t. [AS. foreg\'ben ; fore + g\'ben to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See GO , v. i. ] To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone . Wordsworth.

For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning.

Foregone conclusion , one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

Foregoer <Xpage=583>

Fore*go"er (?) , n. 1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.

2. A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [Obs.]

Foregoer <Xpage=583>

Fore*go"er , n. [Etymologically forgoer .] One who forbears to enjoy.

Foreground <Xpage=583>

Fore"ground` (?) , n. On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance , n. , 6.

Foreguess <Xpage=583>

Fore*guess" (?) , v. t. To conjecture. [Obs.]

Foregut <Xpage=583>

Fore"gut` (?) , n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o<?/ to the entrance of the bile duct.

Forehand <Xpage=583>

Fore"hand` (?) , n. 1. All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

Johnson.

2. The chief or most important part.

Shak.

3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and vantage of a king. Shak.

Forehand <Xpage=583>

Fore"hand` , a. Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak.

Forehanded <Xpage=583>

Fore"hand`ed , a. 1. Early; timely; seasonable. " Forehanded care."

Jer. Taylor.

2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer . [U.S.]

3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.

A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded . Dryden.

Forehead <Xpage=583>

Fore"head (?; 277) , n. 1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

2. The aspect or countenance; assurance.

To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. Shak.

3. The front or fore part of anything.

Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.

So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead of this action. Shak.

Forehear <Xpage=583>

Fore*hear" (?) , v. i. & t. To hear beforehand.

Forehearth <Xpage=583>

Fore"hearth` (?) , n. (Metal.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

Forehend <Xpage=583>

Fore*hend" (?) , v. t. See Forhend . [Obs.]

Forehew <Xpage=583>

Fore*hew" (?) , v. t. To hew or cut in front. [Obs.]

Sackville.

Forehold <Xpage=583>

Fore"hold` (?) , n. (Naut.) The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Foreholding <Xpage=583>

Fore*hold"ing (?) , n. Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.]

L'Estrange.

Forehook <Xpage=583>

Fore"hook` (?) , n. (Naut.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.

Foreign <Xpage=583>

For"eign (?) , a. [OE. forein , F. forain , LL. foraneus , fr. L. foras , foris , out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door . See Door , and cf. Foreclose , Forfeit , Forest , Forum .] 1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. " Foreign worlds."

Milton.

2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers."

Atterbury.

Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton.

3. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from ; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts. Swift.

4. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. [Obs.]

Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, That he ran mad and died. Shak.

Foreign attachment (Law) , a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff; an attachment of the goods, effects, or credits of a debtor in the hands of a third person; -- called in some States trustee , in others factorizing , and in others garnishee process. Kent . Tomlins . Cowell . -- Foreign bill , a bill drawn in one country, and payable in another, as distinguished from an inland bill, which is one drawn and payable in the same country. In this latter, as well as in several other points of view, the different States of the United States are foreign to each other. See Exchange , n. , 4. Kent . Story . -- Foreign body (Med.) , a substance occurring in any part of the body where it does not belong, and usually introduced from without. -- Foreign office , that department of the government of Great Britain which has charge British interests in foreign countries.

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Syn. -- Outlandish; alien; exotic; remote; distant; extraneous; extrinsic.

Foreigner <Xpage=584>

For"eign*er (?) , n. A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.

Joy is such a foreigner , So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham.

Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift.

Foreignism <Xpage=584>

For"eign*ism (?) , n. Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.

It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called liberal professions distigured by foreignisms . Fitzed. Hall.

Foreignness <Xpage=584>

For"eign*ness , n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.

Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke.

A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot.

Forein <Xpage=584>

For"ein (?) , a. Foreign. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Forejudge <Xpage=584>

Fore*judge" (?) , v. t. [ Fore + judge .] To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.

Forejudge <Xpage=584>

Fore*judge" , v. t. [For forjudge , fr. F. forjuger ; OF. fors outside, except + F. juger to judge.] (O. Eng. Law) To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court.

Burrill.

Forejudger <Xpage=584>

Fore*judg"er (?) , n. (Eng. Law) A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.

Forejudgment <Xpage=584>

Fore*judg"ment (?) , n. Prejudgment. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Foreknow <Xpage=584>

Fore*know" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Foreknew (?) ; p. p. Foreknown (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreknowing .] To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.

Who would the miseries of man foreknow ? Dryden.

Foreknowa-ble <Xpage=584>

Fore*know"a-ble (?) , a. That may be foreknown.

Dr. H. More.

Foreknower <Xpage=584>

Fore*know"er (?) , n. One who foreknows.

Foreknowingly <Xpage=584>

Fore*know"ing*ly , adv. With foreknowledge.

He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor.

Foreknowledge <Xpage=584>

Fore*knowl"edge (?) , n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience.

If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.

Forel <Xpage=584>

For"el (?) , n. [OE. forel case, sheath, OF. forel , fourel , F. fourreau , LL. forellus , fr. OF. forre , fuerre , sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar , akin to Goth. f\'d3dr ; prob. not the same word as E. fodder food. Cf. Fur , Fodder food.] A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill .

Forel <Xpage=584>

For"el , v. t. To bind with a forel. [R.]

Fuller.

Foreland <Xpage=584>

Fore"land` (?) , n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England .

2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.

Farrow.

3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Knight.

Forelay <Xpage=584>

Fore*lay" (?) , v. t. 1. To lay down beforehand.

These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.

2. To waylay. See Forlay . [Obs.]

Foreleader <Xpage=584>

Fore*lead"er (?) , n. One who leads others by his example; aguide.

Forelend <Xpage=584>

Fore*lend" (?) , v. t. See Forlend . [Obs.]

As if that life to losse they had forelent . Spenser.

Forelet <Xpage=584>

Fore*let" (?) , v. t. See Forlet . [Obs.]

Holland.

Forelie <Xpage=584>

Fore*lie" (?) , v. i. To lie in front of. [Obs.]

Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.

Forelift <Xpage=584>

Fore*lift" (?) , v. t. To lift up in front. [Obs.]

Forelock <Xpage=584>

Fore"lock` (?) , n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.

Forelock bolt , a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. -- Forelock hook (Rope Making) , a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight . -- To take time, &or; occasion , by the forelock , to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity.

Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock ; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift.

On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton.

Forelook <Xpage=584>

Fore*look" (?) , v. i. To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Foreman <Xpage=584>

Fore"man (?) , n. ; pl. Foremen (<?/) . The first or chief man ; as: (a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker . (b) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.

Foremast <Xpage=584>

Fore"mast` (?) , n. (Naut.) The mast nearest the bow.

Foremast hand &or; man (Naut.) , a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.

Foremeant <Xpage=584>

Fore*meant" (?) , a. Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Forementioned <Xpage=584>

Fore"men`tioned (?) , a. Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned.

Addison.

Foremilk <Xpage=584>

Fore"milk` (?) , n. (Physiol.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

Foremost <Xpage=584>

Fore"most` (?) , a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest , fyrmest , superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist , fruma , first. See Fore , adv ., and cf. First , Former , Frame , v. t. , Prime , a. ] First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army .

THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.

Foremostly <Xpage=584>

Fore"most`ly , adv. In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.

J. Webster.

Foremother <Xpage=584>

Fore"moth`er (?) , n. A female ancestor.

Forename <Xpage=584>

Fore"name` (?) , n. A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.

Selden.

Forename <Xpage=584>

Fore"name` , v. t. To name or mention before.

Shak.

Forenamed <Xpage=584>

Fore"named` (?) , a. Named before; aforenamed.

Forenenst <Xpage=584>

Fore*nenst" (?) , prep. [See Fore , and Anent .] Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic]

The land forenenst the Greekish shore. Fairfax.

Fore-night <Xpage=584>

Fore"-night` (?) , n. The evening between twilight and bedtime. [Scot.]

Forenoon <Xpage=584>

Fore"noon" (?) , n. The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Forenotice <Xpage=584>

Fore"no`tice (?) , n. Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning. [R.]

Rymer.

Forensal <Xpage=584>

Fo*ren"sal (?) , a. Forensic. [R.]

Forensic <Xpage=584>

Fo*ren"sic (?) , a. [L. forensis , fr. forum a public place, market place. See Forum .] Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes .

Forensic medicine , medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Forensic <Xpage=584>