FOREMOTHER
FO'REMOTHER, noun A female ancestor.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FORENAMED
FO'RENAMED, adjective1. Named or nominated before.2. Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.
FORENOON
FO'RENOON, noun The former part of the day, from the morning to meridian or noon. We usually call the first part of the day, from the dawn to the time of breakfast, or the hour ...
FORENOTICE
FORENO'TICE, noun Notice or information of an event before it happens.
FORENSIC
FOREN'SIC, adjective [from Latin forensis, from forum, a court.]Belonging to courts of judicature; used in courts or legal proceedings; as a forensic term; forensic eloquence or...
FOREORDAIN
FOREORDA'IN, verb intransitive To ordain or appoint before; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.
FOREORDINATION
FOREORDINA'TION, noun Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
FOREPART
FO'REPART, noun1. The part first in time; as the forepart of the day or week.2. The part most advanced in place; the anterior part; as the forepart of any moving body.3. The beg...
FOREPAST
FO'REPAST, adjective Past before a certain time; as forepast sins. [Little used.]
FOREPOSSESSED
FORE'POSSESS'ED, adjective Holding formerly in possession; also, preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged.
FOREPRIZE
FOREPRI'ZE, verb transitive To prize or rate beforehand.
FOREPROMISED
FOREPROM'ISED, adjective Promised beforehand; preengaged.
FOREQUOTED
FOREQUO'TED, adjective Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the work.
FORERANK
FO'RERANK, noun The first rank; the front.
FOREREACH
FORERE'ACH, upon, verb transitive In navigation, to gain or advance upon in progression or motion.
FOREREAD
FORERE'AD, verb transitive To signify by tokens. obsolete
FOREREADING
FORERE'ADING, noun Previous perusal.
FORERECITED
FORERECI'TED, adjective Named or recited before.
FORERIGHT
FO'RERIGHT, adjective Ready; forward; quick.FO'RERIGHT, adverb Right forward; onward.
FORERUN
FORERUN', verb transitive1. To advance before; to come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger.Heaviness foreruns the good event.2. To precede; ...
FORERUNNER
FORERUN'NER, noun1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger.My elder brothers, my forerunners came.2. An ancestor or predecessor. obsolete3...
FORESAID
FO'RESAID, adjective Spoken before. [See Aforesaid.]
FORESAIL
FO'RESAIL, noun A sail extended on the foreyard, which is supported by the foremast.
FORESAY
FORESA'Y, verb transitive To predict; to foretell.
FORESAYING
FORESA'YING, noun A prediction.
FORESEE
FORESEE', verb transitive To see beforehand; to see or know an event before it happens; to have prescience of; to foreknow.A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself.Pr...
FORESEEING
FORESEE'ING, participle present tense Seeing before the event.