Webster's Dictionary 1828

1729

FORECLOSE

FORECLO'SE, verb transitive s as z. To shut up; to preclude; to stop; to prevent.The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.To foreclose a mortgager, in law, is to cut him off...

1730

FORECLOSURE

FORECLO'SURE, noun s as z.1. Prevention.2. The act of foreclosing, or depriving a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

1731

FORECONCEIVE

FORECONCEI'VE, verb transitive To preconceive.

1732

FOREDATE

FOREDA'TE, verb transitive To date before the true time.

1733

FOREDATED

FOREDA'TED, participle passive Dated before the true time.

1734

FOREDECK

FO'REDECK, noun The forepart of a deck, or of a ship.

1735

FOREDESIGN

FOREDESI'GN, verb transitive To plan beforehand; to intend previously.

1736

FOREDETERMINE

FORE'DETERM'INE, verb transitive To decree beforehand.

1737

FOREDOOM

FOREDOOM', verb transitive To doom beforehand; to predestinate.Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.FOREDOOM', noun Previous doom or sentence.

1738

FOREDOOR

FOREDOOR, noun The door in the front of a house.

1739

FOREFATHER

FOREF'ATHER, noun An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree.

1740

FOREFEND

FOREFEND', verb transitive1. To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent approach; to forbid or prohibit.2. To defend; to guard; to secure.This word, like the Latin arceo, is a...

1741

FOREFINGER

FOREFIN'GER, noun The finger next to the thumb; the index; called by our Saxon ancestors, the shoot-finger, from its use in archery.

1742

FOREFLOW

FOREFLOW, verb transitive To flow before.

1743

FOREFOOT

FOREFOOT, noun1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped.2. A hand, in contempt.3. In a ship, a piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end.

1744

FOREFRONT

FOREFRONT', noun The foremost part. The forefront of the battle, is the part where the contest is most warm, and where a soldier is most exposed. 2 Samuel 11:15.

1745

FOREGAME

FO'REGAME, noun A first game; first plan.

1746

FOREGO

FOREGO', verb transitive [See Go.]1. To forbear to possess or enjoy; voluntarily to avoid the enjoyment of good. Let us forego the pleasures of sense, to secure immortal bliss.2...

1747

FOREGOER

FOREGO'ER, noun1. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Not used.]2. One who goes before another.3. One who forbears to enjoy.

1748

FOREGOING

FOREGO'ING, participle present tense1. Forbearing to have, possess or enjoy.2.adjective Preceding; going before, in time or place; antecedent; as a foregoing period of time; a f...

1749

FOREGONE

FOREGONE, participle passive foregawn'.1. Forborne to be possessed or enjoyed.2. Gone before; past. obsolete

1750

FOREGROUND

FO'REGROUND, noun The part of the field or expanse of a picture which seems to lie before the figures.

1751

FOREGUESS

FOREGUESS', verb transitive To conjecture. [Bad.]

1752

FOREHAND

FO'REHAND, noun1. The part of a horse which is before the rider.2. The chief part.FO'REHAND, adjective Done sooner than is regular.And so extenuate the forehand sin.

1753

FOREHANDED

FO'REHANDED, adjective1. Early; timely; seasonable; as a forehanded care.2. In America, in good circumstances as to property; free from debt and possessed of property; as a fore...

1754

FOREHEAD

FOREHEAD, noun for'hed, or rather for'ed.1. The part of the face which extends from the hair on the top of the head to the eyes.2. Impudence; confidence; assurance; audaciousness.

1755

FOREHEAR

FOREHE'AR, verb intransitive To be informed before.