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To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.

catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with.

Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.

Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something sugg…

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to Ant: back or Ant: behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the sub…

The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.

Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." Southey.

Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer. [U.S.]

First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.

To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).

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.

A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. [R.] Shak.

eforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.

Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. Tyndale. From this time forth, I never will speak word. Shak. I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquis…

Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.

Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness. Robertson.