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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,297 words match “BEFORE”

FORECONCEIVE v.
To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.
FOREDATE v.
To date before the true time; to antendate.
FOREDEEM v.
To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.] Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. Genevan Test.
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.
To doom beforehand; to predestinate. Thou art foredomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden.
FOREFEEL v.
To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.] As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds. Chapman.
FOREFLOW v.
To flow before. [Obs.]
FOREGO v.
To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles. Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone. Wordsworth. For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning. Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.…
FOREGOER n. 2 definitions
One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.
FOREHAND n. 2 definitions
All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson.
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.
FOREKNOWLEDGE n.
Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
FORELAY v.
To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.
FORELOCK n.
make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton.
FORELOOK v.
To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.
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