FORCIPATED
FOR'CIPATED, adjective [from forceps.] Formed like a pair of pinchers to open and inclose; as a forcipated mouth.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FORD
FORD, noun1. A place in a river or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading.2. A stream; a current.Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian fordFORD,...
FORDABLE
FORDABLE, adjective That may be waded or passed through on foot, as water.
FORDED
FORDED, participle passive Passed through on foot; waded.
FORDING
FORDING, participle present tense Wading; passing through on foot as water.
FORDO
FORDO', verb transitive To destroy; to undo; to ruin; to weary. [Not in use.]
FORE
FORE, adjective1. Properly, advanced, or being in advance of something in motion or progression; as the fore end of a chain carried in measuring land; the fore oxen or horses in...
FORE-END
FORE-END', noun The end which precedes; the anterior part.
FORE-IMAGINE
FORE-IMAG'INE, verb transitive To conceive or fancy before proof, or beforehand.
FOREADMONISH
FOREADMON'ISH, verb transitive To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
FOREADVISE
FOREADVI'SE, verb transitive s as z To advise or counsel before the time of action or before the event; to preadmonish.
FOREALLEDGE
FOREALLEDGE, verb transitive foreallej'. To alledge or cite before.
FOREAPPOINT
FOREAPPOINT', verb transitive To set, order or appoint beforehand.
FOREAPPOINTMENT
FOREAPPOINT'MENT, noun Previous appointment; preordination.
FOREARM
FORE'ARM, verb transitive To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
FOREBODE
FOREBO'DE, verb transitive1. To foretell; to prognosticate.2. To foreknow; to be prescient of; to feel a secret sense of something future; as, my heart forebodes a sad reverse.
FOREBODEMENT
FOREBO'DEMENT, noun A presaging; presagement.
FOREBODER
FOREBO'DER, noun1. One who forebodes; a prognosticator; a soothsayer.2. A foreknower.
FOREBODING
FOREBO'DING, participle present tense Prognosticating; foretelling; foreknowing.FOREBO'DING, noun Prognostication.
FOREBRACE
FOREBRACE, noun A rope applied to the fore yard-arm to change the position of the foresail.
FOREBY
FOREBY', preposition [fore and by.] Near; hard by; fast by. obsolete
FORECAST
FOREC'AST, verb transitive1. To foresee; to provide against.It is wisdom to forecast consequences.2. To scheme; to plan before execution.He shall forecast his devices against th...
FORECASTER
FOREC'ASTER, noun One who foresees or contrives beforehand.
FORECASTING
FOREC'ASTING, participle present tense Contriving previously.
FORECASTLE
FO'RECASTLE, noun A short deck in the forepart of a ship above the upper deck usually terminated in ships of war with a breast-work; the foremost part forming the top of the bea...
FORECHOSEN
FORECHO'SEN, adjective forcho'zn. Preelected; chosen beforehand.
FORECITED
FORECITED, adjective Cited or quoted before or above.