The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 619
Fo*ren"sic , n. (Amer. Colleges) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
Forensical <Xpage=584>
Fo*ren"sic*al (?) , a. Forensic.
Berkley.
Foreordain <Xpage=584>
Fore`or*dain" (?) , v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.
Hooker.
Foreordinate <Xpage=584>
Fore*or"di*nate (?) , v. t. To foreordain.
Foreordination <Xpage=584>
Fore*or`di*na"tion (?) , n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
Fore part, ∨ Forepart <Xpage=584>
Fore" part` (?) , ∨ Fore"part` , n. The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.
Forepast <Xpage=584>
Fore"past` (?) , a. Bygone. [Obs.]
Shak.
Forepossessed <Xpage=584>
Fore`pos*sessed" (?) , a. 1. Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]
2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; pre\'89ngaged. [Obs.]
Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.
Foreprize <Xpage=584>
Fore*prize" (?) , v. t. To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.]
Hooker.
Forepromised <Xpage=584>
Fore`prom"ised (?) , a. Promised beforehand; pre\'89ngaged.
Bp. Hall.
Forequoted <Xpage=584>
Fore"quot`ed (?) , a. Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.
Foreran <Xpage=584>
Fore*ran" (?) , imp. of Forerun .
Forerank <Xpage=584>
Fore"rank` (?) , n. The first rank; the front.
Forereach <Xpage=584>
Fore*reach" (?) , v. t. (Naut.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
Forereach <Xpage=584>
Fore*reach" , v. i. (Naut.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.
R. H. Dana, Jr.
Foreread <Xpage=584>
Fore*read" (?) , v. t. To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Forerecited <Xpage=584>
Fore`re*cit"ed (?) , a. Named or recited before. "The forerecited practices."
Shak.
Foreremembered <Xpage=584>
Fore`re*mem"bered (?) , a. Called to mind previously.
Bp. Montagu.
Foreright <Xpage=584>
Fore"right` (?) , a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] "A foreright wind."
Chapman.
Foreright <Xpage=584>
Fore"right` , adv. Right forward; onward. [Obs.]
Forerun <Xpage=584>
Fore*run" (?) , v. t. 1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. Shak.
Forerunner <Xpage=584>
Fore*run"ner (?) , n. 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever .
Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20.
My elder brothers, my forerunners , came. Dryden.
2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.]
Shak.
3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
Foresaid <Xpage=584>
Fore"said` (?) , a. Mentioned before; aforesaid.
Foresail <Xpage=584>
Fore"sail` (?) , n. (Naut.) (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast. (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.
Foresay <Xpage=584>
Fore*say" (?) , v. t. [AS. foresecgan ; fore + secgan to say. See Say , v. t. ] To foretell. [Obs.]
Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid . Fairfax.
Foresee <Xpage=584>
Fore*see" (?) , v. t. [AS. forese\'a2n ; fore + se\'a2n to see. See See , v. t. ] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3.
2. To provide. [Obs.]
Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. Bacon.
Foresee <Xpage=584>
Fore*see" , v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
Foreseen <Xpage=584>
Fore*seen" (?) , conj. , or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on condition that. [Obs.]
One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities, with the person that eateth. Sir T. Elyot.
Foreseer <Xpage=584>
Fore*se"er (?) , n. One who foresees or foreknows.
Foreseize <Xpage=584>
Fore*seize" (?) , v. t. To seize beforehand.
Foreshadow <Xpage=584>
Fore*shad"ow (?) , v. t. To shadow or typi<?/y beforehand; to prefigure.
Dryden.
Foreshew <Xpage=584>
Fore*shew" (?) , v. t. See Foreshow .
Foreship <Xpage=584>
Fore"ship` (?) , n. The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]
Foreshorten <Xpage=584>
Fore*short"en (?) , v. t. 1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. Tennyson.
Foreshortening <Xpage=584>
Fore*short"en*ing , n. (Fine Arts) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Foreshot <Xpage=584>
Fore"shot` (?) , n. In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil.
Knight.
Foreshow <Xpage=584>
Fore*show" (?) , v. t. [AS. foresce\'a0wian to foresee, provide; fore + sce\'a0wian to see. See Show , v. t. ] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.
Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. Shak.
Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day foreshows . Denham.
Foreshower <Xpage=584>
Fore*show"er (?) , n. One who predicts.
Foreside <Xpage=584>
Fore"side (?) , n. 1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.
2. The outside or external covering.
Spenser.
Foresight <Xpage=584>
Fore"sight` (?) , n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Milton.
2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable foresight . Milton.
A random expense, without plan or foresight . Burke.
3. (Surv.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight , under Fore , a.
Foresighted <Xpage=584>
Fore"sight`ed (?) , a. Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future.
Bartram.
Foresightful <Xpage=584>
Fore"sight`ful (?) , a. Foresighted. [Obs.]
Foresignify <Xpage=584>
Fore*sig"ni*fy (?) , v. t. To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify.
Milton.
Foreskin <Xpage=584>
Fore"skin (?) , n. (Anat.) The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.
Foreskirt <Xpage=584>
Fore"skirt` (?) , n. The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train .
Honor's train Is longer than his foreskirt . Shak.
Foreslack <Xpage=584>
Fore*slack" (?) , v. t. [Obs.] See Forslack .
Foresleeve <Xpage=584>
Fore"sleeve` (?) , n. The sleeve below the elbow.
Foreslow <Xpage=584>
Fore*slow" (?) , v. t. [See Forslow .] To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow , v. t.
No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their hasty pace. Fairfax.
Foreslow <Xpage=584>
Fore*slow" , v. i. To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow , v. i.
Forespeak <Xpage=584>
Fore*speak" (?) , v. t. [Obs.] See Forspeak .
Forespeak <Xpage=584>
Fore*speak" , v. t. To foretell; to predict. [Obs.]
My mother was half a witch; never anything that she forespake but came to pass. Beau. & Fl.
Forespeaking <Xpage=584>
Fore"speak`ing , n. A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.]
Camden. Huloet.
Forespeech <Xpage=584>
Fore"speech` (?) , n. A preface. [Obs.]
Sherwood.
Forespent <Xpage=584>
Fore*spent" (?) , a. [ Fore + spent .] Already spent; gone by; past. [Obs.]
Shak.
Forespent <Xpage=584>
Fore*spent" , a. [Obs.] See Forspent .
Forespurrer <Xpage=584>
Fore*spur"rer (?) , n. One who rides before; a harbinger. [Obs.]
Shak.
Forest <Xpage=584>
For"est (?) , n. [OF. forest , F. for\'88t , LL. forestis , also, forestus , forestum , foresta , prop., open ground reserved for the chase, fr. L. foris , foras , out of doors, abroad. See Foreign .] 1. An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
2. (Eng. Law) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
Burrill.
Forest <Xpage=584>
For"est , a. Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
Forest fly . (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanid\'91 , which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly . (b) A fly of the genus Hippobosca , esp. H. equina . See Horse tick . -- Forest glade , a grassy space in a forest. Thomson . -- Forest laws , laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests. -- Forest tree , a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree .
Forest <Xpage=584>
For"est , v. t. To cover with trees or wood.
Forestaff <Xpage=584>
Fore"staff` (?) , n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff .
Brande & C.
Forestage <Xpage=584>
For"est*age (?) , n. [Cf. F. forestage .] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. (b) A service paid by foresters to the king.
Forestal <Xpage=584>
For"est*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights .
Forestall <Xpage=584>
Fore*stall" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forestalled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Forestalling .] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal , foresteall , prop., a placing one's self before another. See Fore , and Stall .] 1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? Milton.
2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
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An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. Fairfax.
But evermore those damsels did forestall Their furious encounter. Spenser.
To be forestalled ere we come to fall. Shak.
Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. Rush.
3. To deprive; -- with of . [R.]
All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! Shak.
4. (Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
To forestall the market , to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844.
Burrill.
Syn. -- To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
Forestaller <Xpage=585>
Fore*stall"er (?) , n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.
Locke.
Forestay <Xpage=585>
Fore"stay` (?) , n. (Naut.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust . under Ship .
Forester <Xpage=585>
For"est*er (?) , n. [F. forestier , LL. forestarius .] 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
2. An inhabitant of a forest.
Wordsworth.
3. A forest tree. [R.]
Evelyn.
4. (Zo\'94l.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester ( A . octomaculata ), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
Forestick <Xpage=585>
Fore"stick` (?) , n. Front stick of a hearth fire.
Forestry <Xpage=585>
For"est*ry (?) , n. [Cf. OF. foresterie .] The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.
Foreswart, Foreswart <Xpage=585>
Fore"swart` (?) , Fore"swart` (?) , a. [Obs.] See Forswat .
Foretaste <Xpage=585>
Fore"taste` (?) , n. A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Foretaste <Xpage=585>
Fore*taste" (?) , v. t. 1. To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
2. To taste before another. " Foretasted fruit."
Milton.
Foretaster <Xpage=585>
Fore"tast`er (? ∨ ?) , n. One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
Foreteach <Xpage=585>
Fore*teach" (?) , v. t. To teach beforehand. [Obs.]
Foretell <Xpage=585>
Fore*tell" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foretold (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling .] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold . Pope.
Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.
Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
Foretell <Xpage=585>
Fore*tell" , v. i. To utter predictions.
Acts iii. 24.
Foreteller <Xpage=585>
Fore*tell"er (?) , n. One who predicts.
Boyle.
Forethink <Xpage=585>
Fore*think" (?) , v. t. 1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.]
The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. Shak.
2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Forethink <Xpage=585>
Fore*think" , v. i. To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]
Forethought <Xpage=585>
Fore"thought` (?) , a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. " Forethought malice."
Bacon.
Forethought <Xpage=585>
Fore"thought` , n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
A sphere that will demand from him forethought , courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.
Forethoughtful <Xpage=585>
Fore"thought`ful (?) , a. Having forethought. [R.]
Foretime <Xpage=585>
Fore"time` (?) , n. The past; the time before the present. "A very dim foretime ."
J. C. Shairp.
Foretoken <Xpage=585>
Fore"to`ken (?) , n. [AS. foret\'becen . See Token .] Prognostic; previous omen.
Sir P. Sidney.
Foretoken <Xpage=585>
Fore*to"ken (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foretokened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretokening (?) .] [AS. foret\'becnian ; fore + t\'becnian .] To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.
Fore tooth <Xpage=585>
Fore" tooth` (?) , pl. Fore teeth (<?/) . (Anat.) One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
Foretop <Xpage=585>
Fore"top` (?) , n. 1. The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.
2. That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
3. (Naut.) The platform at the head of the foremast.
Fore-topgallant <Xpage=585>
Fore`-top*gal"lant (? ∨ ?) , a. (Naut.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail . See Sail .
Fore-topmast <Xpage=585>
Fore`-top"mast (?) , n. (Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship .
Fore-topsail <Xpage=585>
Fore`-top"sail (? ∨ ?) , n. (Naut.) See Sail .
Forever <Xpage=585>
For*ev"er (?) , adv. [ For , prep. + ever .] 1. Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
2. At all times; always.
&hand; In England, for and ever 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.
Forever and ever , an emphatic "forever."
Syn. -- Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably; incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly; ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly; eternally.
Forevouched <Xpage=585>