Foretaste Fore"taste` noun A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

Foretaste Fore·taste" transitive verb 1. To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.

2. To taste before another. " Foretasted fruit." Milton.

Foretaster Fore"tast`er noun One who tastes beforehand, or before another.

Foreteach Fore·teach" transitive verb To teach beforehand. [ Obsolete]

Foretell Fore·tell" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Foretold ; present participle & verbal noun Foretelling .] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold .

Pope.

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character.

C. Middleton.

Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.

Foretell Fore·tell" intransitive verb To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.

Foreteller Fore·tell"er noun One who predicts. Boyle.

Forethink Fore·think" transitive verb 1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [ Obsolete]

The soul of every man
Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.

Shak.

2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Forethink Fore·think" intransitive verb To contrive beforehand. [ Obsolete]

Forethought Fore"thought` adjective Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. " Forethought malice." Bacon.

Forethought Fore"thought` noun A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.

A sphere that will demand from him forethought , courage, and wisdom.

I. Taylor.

Forethoughtful Fore"thought`ful adjective Having forethought. [ R.]

Foretime Fore"time` noun The past; the time before the present. "A very dim foretime ." J. C. Shairp.

Foretoken Fore"to`ken noun [ Anglo-Saxon foretācen . See Token .] Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney.

Foretoken Fore·to"ken transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Foretokened ; present participle & verbal noun Foretokening .] [ Anglo-Saxon foretācnian ; fore + tācnian .] To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.

Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood.

Daniel.

Foretop Fore"top` noun 1. The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.

2. That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.

3. (Nautical) The platform at the head of the foremast.

Forever For·ev"er (fŏr*ĕv"ẽr) adverb [ For , preposition + ever .] 1. Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally.

2. At all times; always.

» In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to make but a single word of them.

Forever and ever , an emphatic "forever."

Syn. -- Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably; incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly; ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly; eternally.

Forevouched Fore·vouched" (fōr*voucht") adjective Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. [ R.] Shak.

Foreward Fore"ward` (fōr"ward`) noun The van; the front. [ Obsolete]

My foreward shall be drawn out all in length,
Consisting equally of horse and foot.

Shak.

Forewarn Fore·warn" (fōr*warn") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Forewarned (-warnd"); present participle & verbal noun Forewarning .] To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.

We were forewarned of your coming.

Shak.

Forewaste Fore·waste" transitive verb See Forewaste . Gascoigne.

Forewend Fore·wend" transitive verb [ Fore + wend .] To go before. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Forewish Fore·wish" transitive verb To wish beforehand.

Forewit Fore"wit` noun 1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [ Obsolete]

Nor that the forewits , that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best.

B. Jonson.

2. Foresight; prudence.

Let this forewit guide thy thought.

Southwell.

Forewite Fore·wite" transitive verb [ present indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. Forewot , 2d person Forewost plural Forewiten ; imperfect sing. Forewiste , plural Forewisten ; present participle & verbal noun Forewiting .] [ Anglo-Saxon forewitan . See Wit to know.] To foreknow. [ Obsolete] [ Written also forwete .] Chaucer.

Forewoman Fore"wom`an noun ; plural Forewomen A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler. W. Besant.

Foreword Fore"word` noun A preface. Furnvall.

Foreworn Fore·worn" adjective [ See Forworn .] Worn out; wasted; used up. [ Archaic]

Old foreworn stories almost forgotten.

Brydges.

Forewot Fore·wot" present indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Foreyard Fore"yard` noun (Nautical) The lowermost yard on the foremast. [ See Illust. of Ship .]

Forfalture For"fal·ture noun Forfeiture. [ Obsolete]

Forfeit For"feit noun [ Middle English forfet crime, penalty, French forfait crime (LL. forefactum , forifactum ), propast participle p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, from Late Latin forifacere , prop., to act beyond; Latin foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See Foreign , and Fact .] 1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [ Obsolete & R.]

To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit .

Ld. Berners.

2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal
Remit thy other forfeits .

Shak.

3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits .

Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day.

Goldsmith.

Forfeit For"feit adjective [ French forfait , past participle of forfaire . See Forfeit , noun ] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Thy wealth being forfeit to the state.

Shak.

To tread the forfeit paradise.

Emerson.

Forfeit For"feit transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Forfeited ; present participle & verbal noun Forfeiting .] [ Middle English forfeten . See Forfeit , noun ] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.

[ They] had forfeited their property by their crimes.

Burke.

Undone and forfeited to cares forever!

Shak.

Forfeit For"feit intransitive verb 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [ Obsolete]

2. To fail to keep an obligation. [ Obsolete]

I will have the heart of him if he forfeit .

Shak.

Forfeit For"feit past participle or adjective In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak.

Once more I will renew
His lapsèd powers, though forfeite .

Milton.

Forfeitable For"feit·a·ble adjective Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable , like the lands themselves.

Blackstone.

Forfeiter For"feit·er noun One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

Forfeiture For"fei·ture noun [ French forfeiture , Late Latin forisfactura .] 1. The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.

Under pain of foreiture of the said goods.

Hakluyt.

2. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

What should I gain
By the exaction of the forfeiture ?

Shak.

Syn. -- Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty.

Forfend For·fend" transitive verb [ Prefix for- + fend . See Forewend .] To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [ Archaic]

Which peril heaven forefend !

Shak.

» This is etymologically the preferable spelling.

Forfered For·fer"ed past participle & adjective [ See For- , and Fear .] Excessively alarmed; in great fear. [ Obsolete] " Forfered of his death." Chaucer.

Forfete For"fete intransitive verb [ See Forfeit .] To incur a penalty; to transgress. [ Obsolete]

And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted .

Chaucer.

Forfex For"fex noun [ Latin ] A pair of shears. Pope.

Forficate For"fi·cate adjective [ Latin forfex , forficis , shears.] (Zoology) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.

Forficula For·fic"u·la noun [ Latin , small shears, scissors, dim. of forfex shears.] (Zoology) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig , 1.

Forgather For·gath"er intransitive verb To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [ Scot.] Jamieson.

Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool.

Wilson.

Forgave For·gave" imperfect of Forgive .

Forge Forge (fōrj) noun [ French forge , from Latin fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, from faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; confer Greek ... soft, tender. Confer Fabric .] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.

In the quick forge and working house of thought.

Shak.

2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.

3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metallic bodies. [ Obsolete]

In the greater bodies the forge was easy.

Bacon.

American forge , a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Raymond. -- Catalan forge . (Metal.) See under Catalan . -- Forge cinder , the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. -- Forge rolls , Forge train , the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. -- Forge wagon (Mil.) , a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. -- Portable forge , a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.

Forge Forge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Forged (fōrjd); present participle & verbal noun Forging .] [ French forger , Old French forgier , from Latin fabricare , fabricari , to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica . See Forge , noun , and confer Fabricate .] 1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne.

Shak.

2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.

Those names that the schools forged , and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.

Locke.

Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.

Tennyson.

3. To coin. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.

That paltry story is untrue,
And forged to cheat such gulls as you.

Hudibras.

Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.

Macaulay.

Syn. -- To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.

Forge Forge intransitive verb [ See Forge , transitive verb , and for sense 2, confer Forge compel.] 1. To commit forgery.

2. (Nautical) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead . Totten.

And off she [ a ship] forged without a shock.

De Quincey.

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