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FOREBRACE n.
A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
FOREBRAIN n.
The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.
FOREBY prep.
Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser.
FORECAST v. 5 definitions
To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24.
FORECASTER n.
One who forecast. Johnson.
FORECASTLE n. 3 definitions
That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.
FORECHOSEN a.
Chosen beforehand.
FORECITED a.
Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.
FORECLOSE v.
t up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew. To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. -- To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically…
FORECLOSURE n.
The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.
FORECONCEIVE v.
To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.
FOREDATE v.
To date before the true time; to antendate.
FOREDECK n.
The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.
FOREDEEM v. 2 definitions
To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.
FOREDESIGN v.
To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
FOREDETERMINE v.
To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.
FOREDISPOSE v.
To bestow beforehand. [R.] King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.
FOREDOOM v. 2 definitions
To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.
FOREFATHER n.
of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke. Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in rec…
FOREFEEL v.
To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.
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