Webster's Dictionary 1828

1837

FORESTAGE

FOR'ESTAGE, noun An ancient service paid by foresters to the king; also, the right of foresters.

1838

FORESTALL

FORESTALL', verb transitive [See Stall.]1. To anticipate; to take beforehand.Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and run to meet what he would most avoid?2. To hinder by...

1839

FORESTALLED

FORESTALL'ED, participle passive Anticipated; hindered; purchased before arrival in market.

1840

FORESTALLER

FORESTALL'ER, noun One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price.

1841

FORESTALLING

FORESTALL'ING, participle present tense Anticipating; hindering; buying provisions before they arrive in market, with intent to sell them at high prices.FORESTALL'ING, noun Anti...

1842

FORESTAY

FORESTAY, noun In a ship's rigging, a large strong rope reaching from the foremast head towards the bowsprit end, to support the mast.

1843

FORESTED

FOR'ESTED, participle passive Covered with trees; wooded.

1844

FORESTER

FOR'ESTER, noun1. In England, an officer appointed to watch a forest, preserve the game, and institute suits for trespasses.2. An inhabitant of a forest.3. A forest tree.

1845

FORESWAT

FO'RESWAT, adjective [See Sweat.] Exhausted by heat. obsolete

1846

FORETACKLE

FO'RETACK'LE, noun The tackle on the foremast.

1847

FORETASTE

FO'RETASTE, noun A taste beforehand; anticipation. The pleasures of piety are a foretaste of heaven.FORETA'STE, verb transitive1. To taste before possession; to have previous en...

1848

FORETASTED

FORETA'STED, participle passive Tasted beforehand or before another.

1849

FORETASTER

FORETA'STER, noun One that tastes beforehand or before another.

1850

FORETASTING

FORETA'STING, participle present tense Tasting before.

1851

FORETEACH

FORETE'ACH, verb transitive To teach beforehand.

1852

FORETELL

FORETELL', verb transitive1. To predict; to tell before an event happens; to prophesy.2. To foretoken; to foreshow.FORETELL', verb intransitive To utter prediction or prophecy.A...

1853

FORETELLER

FORETELL'ER, noun One who predicts or prophesies; a foreshower.

1854

FORETELLING

FORETELL'ING, noun Prediction.

1855

FORETHINK

FORETHINK', verb transitive1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind.The soul of every man perpetually does forethink thy fall.2. To contrive beforehand.FORETHINK', verb...

1856

FORETHOUGHT

FORETHOUGHT', forethaut'. preterit tense of forething.FO'RETHOUGHT, noun fo'rethaut.1. A thinking beforehand; anticipation; prescience; premeditation.2. Provident care.

1857

FORETOKEN

FORETO'KEN, verb transitive To foreshew; to presignify; to prognosticate.Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood.FORETO'KEN, noun Prognostic; previous sign.

1858

FORETOOTH

FO'RETOOTH, nounplural foreteeth. One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

1859

FORETOP

FO'RETOP, noun1. The hair on the forepart of the head.2. That part of a woman's headdress that is forward, or the top of a periwig.3. In ships, the platform erected at the head ...

1860

FOREVOUCHED

FOREVOUCH'ED, participle passive Affirmed before; formerly told.

1861

FOREWARD

FO'REWARD, noun The van; the front.

1862

FOREWARN

FOREWARN', verb transitive forewaurn'.1. To admonish beforehand.I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Luke 12:5.2. To inform previously; to give previous notice.3. To caution ...

1863

FOREWARNED

FOREWARN'ED, participle passive Admonished, cautioned or informed beforehand.