Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: forebear – foreshadowed
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forebear (forebore), v. [OE, before enduring.]
Omitted; voluntarily avoided.
foreclose (-ed), v. [OE fore 'before' + L. claudere 'shut'.]
Take possession of; preclude.
foreclosing, verbal adj. [see foreclose, v.]
Precluding; bankrupting; preventing a return to a previous state.
forefather (-s), n. [Old Norse.]
Ancestor; [fig.] one who sets an example for those who follow.
forefinger, n. [OE fore + Gothic figgr.]
Main pointer; object that establishes directions or sets a pattern.
forehead (-s), n. [OE.]
- Blossom; bloom; corolla; whorl of petals at the top of a flower.
- Brow; upper area of the human face; part of the head above the eyes and below the hairline.
- Beginning; genesis; place of honor at forefront.
- Surface; curvature; [fig.] landscape.
- Station; status.
- Outline; silhouette; upper edge.
- Beginning; genesis; place of honor at forefront.
- Face; countenance; front surface of the human head.
- Disk of light; visible part of a heavenly body.
- Thought; mind; perspective; inner eye; point of view.
- Eyesight; vision.
foreign, adj. [OFr 'to go, depart'.]
Excluded; extraneous; not belonging; unconnected; from a different area.
foreigner (-s), n. [see foreign, adj.]
One who does not belong; one who comes from a distance.
foreignhood, n. [see foreign, adj.; ED neologism.]
Distance; alien status; exotic distinction.
foreshadowed, verbal adj. [OE fore + skadoian.]
Promised; prophesied; typified before; [fig.] auspicious; miraculous; heaven-sent; Providential.