Foreknow
(Fore*know") v. t. [imp. Foreknew ; p. p. Foreknown ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreknowing.]
To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand.
Who would the miseries of man foreknow?
Dryden. Foreknowable
(Fore*know"a*ble) a. That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.
Foreknower
(Fore*know"er) n. One who foreknows.
Foreknowingly
(Fore*know"ing*ly), adv. With foreknowledge.
He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life.
Jer. Taylor. Foreknowledge
(Fore*knowl"edge) n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience.
If I foreknew,
Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault.
Milton. Forel
(For"el) n. [OE. forelcase, sheath, OF. forel, fourel, F. fourreau, LL. forellus, fr. OF. forre,
fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, akin to Goth. fodr; prob. not the same word
as E. fodder food. Cf. Fur, Fodder food.] A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.
Forel
(For"el), v. t. To bind with a forel. [R.] Fuller.
Foreland
(Fore"land`) n.
1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.
3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives
the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.
Forelay
(Fore*lay") v. t.
1. To lay down beforehand.
These grounds being forelaid and understood.
Mede. 2. To waylay. See Forlay. [Obs.]
Foreleader
(Fore*lead"er) n. One who leads others by his example; a guide.
Forelend
(Fore*lend") v. t. See Forlend. [Obs.]
As if that life to losse they had forelent.
Spenser. Forelet
(Fore*let") v. t. See Forlet. [Obs.] Holland.
Forelie
(Fore*lie") v. i. To lie in front of. [Obs.]
Which forelay
Athwart her snowy breast.
Spenser. Forelift
(Fore*lift") v. t. To lift up in front. [Obs.]
Forelock
(Fore"lock`) n.
1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
