Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FORE-RUN', v.t.

1. To advance before; to come before as, an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger. Heaviness foreruns the good event. Shak.
2. To precede; to have the start of. Graunt.

FORE-RUN'NER, n.

1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger. My elder brothers, my forerunners came. Dryden.
2. An ancestor or predecessor. [Obs.]
3. A prognostic; a sign foreshowing something to follow. Certain pains in the head, back and limbs, are the forerunners of a fever.

FORE-RUN'NING, ppr.

Running before; preceding.

FORE'-SAID, a.

Spoken before. [See Aforesaid.]

FORE'-SAIL, n.

A sail extended on the fore-yard, which is supported by the foremast.

FORE-SAY', v.t.

To predict, to foretell. Shak.

FORE-SAY'ING, n.

A prediction. Sherwood.

FORE-SEE', v.t.

To see beforehand; to see or know an event before it happens; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. Prov. xxii.

FORE-SEE'ING, ppr.

Seeing before the event.

FORE-SEEN', pp.

Seen beforehand.

FORE-SEER', n.

One who foresees or foreknows.

FORE-SEIZE', v.t.

To seize beforehand.

FORE-SEIZ'ED, pp.

Seized beforehand.

FORE-SEIZ'ING, ppr.

Seizing beforehand.

FORE-SHAD'OW, v.t.

To shadow or typify beforehand. Dryden.

FORE-SHAD'OW-ED, pp.

Typified before.

FORE-SHAD'OW-ING, ppr.

Shadowing beforehand.

FORE-SHAME', v.t.

To shame; to bring reproach on. Shak.

FORE-SHAM'ED, pp.

Shamed before.

FORE-SHAM'ING, ppr.

Shaming before.

FORE-SHEW', v.t. [See FORESHOW.]

FORE'-SHIP, n.

The forepart of a ship. Acts xxvii.

FORE-SHORT'EN, v.t.

In painting, to shorten figures for the sake of showing those behind. Dryden.

FORE-SHORT'EN-ING, n.

In painting, the act of shortening figures for the sake of showing those behind. Dryden. The art of conveying to the mind the impression of the entire length of an object, when represented as viewed in an oblique or receding position. Cyc.

FORE-SHOW', v.t.

1. To show beforehand; to prognosticate. Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, / Whose purple blush the day foreshows. Denham.
2. To predict; to foretell.
3. To represent beforehand, or before it comes. Hooker.