Foreconceive Fore`con·ceive" transitive verb To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Foredate Fore·date" transitive verb To date before the true time; to antedate.

Foredeck Fore"deck` noun (Nautical) The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

Foredeem Fore·deem" transitive verb To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [ Obsolete] Udall.

Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you
An idle meteor.

J. Webster.

Foredeem Fore·deem" intransitive verb [ Confer Foredoom .] To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [ Obsolete]

Which [ maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.

Genevan Test.

Foredesign Fore`de·sign" transitive verb To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.

Foredetermine Fore`de·ter"mine transitive verb To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.

Foredispose Fore`dis·pose" transitive verb To bestow beforehand. [ R.]

King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath.

Fuller.

Foredoom Fore·doom" transitive verb [ Confer Foredeem .] To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

Dryden.

Foredoom Fore"doom` noun Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." Southey.

Forefather Fore"fa`ther noun One who precedes another in the line 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 reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.

Forefeel Fore·feel" transitive verb To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [ Obsolete]

As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds.

Chapman.

Forefence Fore`fence" noun Defense in front. [ Obsolete]

Forefend Fore·fend" transitive verb [ Middle English forfenden ; prefix for- + fenden to fend. See Fend , transitive verb ] To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend .

God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history.

Landor.

It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the cruelty.

I. Taylor.

Forefinger Fore"fin`ger noun The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Foreflow Fore·flow" transitive verb To flow before. [ Obsolete]

Forefoot Fore"foot` noun 1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot .

2. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

Forefront Fore"front` noun Foremost part or place.

Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle.

2 Sam. xi. 15.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time, the masters of those who know.

J. C. Shairp.

Foregame Fore"game` noun A first game; first plan. [ Obsolete] Whitlock.

Foreganger Fore"gang`er noun [ Prop., a goer before confer German voregänger . See Fore , and Gang .] (Nautical) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached. Totten.

Foregather Fore·gath"er intransitive verb Same as Forgather .

Foregift Fore"gift` noun (Law) A premium paid by a lessee when taking his lease.

Foregleam Fore"gleam` noun An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.

The foregleams of wisdom.

Whittier.

Forego Fore·go" transitive verb [ imperfect Forewent 2 ; past participle Foregone (?; 115); present participle & verbal noun Foregoing .] [ See Forgo .] 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.

Herbert.

2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.

All my patrimony,,
If need be, I am ready to forego .

Milton.

Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego .

Keble.

[ He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.

R. Latin Stevenson.

» Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego , to go before.

Forego Fore·go" transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon foregān ; fore + gān to go; akin to German vorgehen to go before, precede. See Go , intransitive verb ] 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 Fore·go"er noun 1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor.

2. A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [ Obsolete]

Foregoer Fore·go"er noun [ Etymologically forgoer .] One who forbears to enjoy.

Foreground Fore"ground` noun On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Confer Distance , noun , 6.

Foreguess Fore·guess" transitive verb To conjecture. [ Obsolete]

Foregut Fore"gut` noun (Anat.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, or to the entrance of the bile duct.

Forehand Fore"hand` noun 1. All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson.

2. The chief or most important part. Shak.

3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . .
Had the forehand and vantage of a king.

Shak.

Forehand Fore"hand` adjective Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the forehand sin.

Shak.

Forehanded Fore"hand`ed adjective 1. Early; timely; seasonable. " Forehanded care." Jer. Taylor.

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

3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.

A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded .

Dryden.

Forehead Fore"head noun 1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

2. The aspect or countenance; assurance.

To look with forehead bold and big enough
Upon the power and puissance of the king.

Shak.

3. The front or fore part of anything.

Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.

Milton.

So rich advantage of a promised glory
As smiles upon the forehead of this action.

Shak.

Forehear Fore·hear" intransitive verb & t. To hear beforehand.

Forehearth Fore"hearth` noun (Metal.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

Forehend Fore·hend" transitive verb See Forhend . [ Obsolete]

Forehew Fore·hew" transitive verb To hew or cut in front. [ Obsolete] Sackville.

Forehold Fore"hold` noun (Nautical) The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Foreholding Fore·hold"ing noun Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [ Obsolete] L'Estrange.

Forehook Fore"hook` noun (Nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.

Foreign For"eign adjective [ Middle English forein , French forain , Late Latin foraneus , from Latin foras , foris , out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and English door . See Door , and confer Foreclose , Forfeit , Forest , Forum .] 1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. " Foreign worlds." Milton.

2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury.

Hail, foreign wonder!
Whom certain these rough shades did never breed.

Milton.

3. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from ; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.

Swift.

4. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. [ Obsolete]

Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him,
That he ran mad and died.

Shak.

Foreign attachment (Law) , a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff; an attachment of the goods, effects, or credits of a debtor in the hands of a third person; -- called in some States trustee , in others factorizing , and in others garnishee process. Kent. Tomlins. Cowell. -- Foreign bill , a bill drawn in one country, and payable in another, as distinguished from an inland bill, which is one drawn and payable in the same country. In this latter, as well as in several other points of view, the different States of the United States are foreign to each other. See Exchange , noun , 4. Kent. Story. -- Foreign body (Medicine) , a substance occurring in any part of the body where it does not belong, and usually introduced from without. - - Foreign office , that department of the government of Great Britain which has charge British interests in foreign countries.

Syn. -- Outlandish; alien; exotic; remote; distant; extraneous; extrinsic.

Foreigner For"eign·er noun A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.

Joy is such a foreigner ,
So mere a stranger to my thoughts.

Denham.

Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects.

Swift.

Foreignism For"eign·ism noun Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.

It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so- called liberal professions distigured by foreignisms .

Fitzed. Hall.

Foreignness For"eign·ness noun The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.

Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right.

Locke.

A foreignness of complexion.

G. Eliot.

Forein For"ein adjective Foreign. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Forejudge Fore·judge" transitive verb [ Fore + judge .] To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.

Forejudge Fore·judge" transitive verb [ For forjudge , from French forjuger ; Old French fors outside, except + French juger to judge.] (O. Eng. Law) To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Burrill.

Forejudger Fore·judg"er noun (Eng. Law) A judgment by which one is deprived or put out of a right or thing in question.

Forejudgment Fore·judg"ment noun Prejudgment. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

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