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157 words match “BEFOREHAND”

FOREHAND a.
Done beforehand; anticipative. And so extenuate the forehand sin. Shak.
FOREHANDED a.
Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer. [U.S.]
FOREHEAR v.
To hear beforehand.
FOREJUDGE v.
To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.
FOREKNOW v.
To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden.
FORELAY v.
To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.
FORELOOK v.
To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOREMEANT a.
Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.
FOREORDAIN v.
To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.
FOREPRIZE v.
To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.
FOREPROMISED a.
Promised beforehand; preëngaged. Bp. Hall.
FOREREAD v.
To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] Spenser.
FORESEE v.
To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3.
FORESEIZE v.
To seize beforehand.
FORESHOW v.
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.
FORESIGNIFY v.
To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton.
FORESTALL v.
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.
FORETASTE n.
A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
FORETASTER n.
One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
FORETEACH v.
To teach beforehand. [Obs.]
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