Foreseen to Forfeit
Foreseen
(Fore*seen") conj., or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on condition that. [Obs.]
One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in
conformity of qualities, with the person that eateth.
Sir T. Elyot. Foreseer
(Fore*se"er) n. One who foresees or foreknows.
Foreseize
(Fore*seize") v. t. To seize beforehand.
Foreshadow
(Fore*shad"ow) v. t. To shadow or typiy beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden.
Foreshew
(Fore*shew") v. t. See Foreshow.
Foreship
(Fore"ship`) n. The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]
Foreshorten
(Fore*short"en) v. t.
1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or
nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie
Foreshortened in the tract of time.
Tennyson. Foreshortening
(Fore*short"en*ing), n. (Fine Arts) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Foreshot
(Fore"shot`) n. In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a
fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.
Foreshow
(Fore*show") v. t. [AS. foresceáwian to foresee, provide; fore + sceáwian to see. See Show,
v. t.] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell.
Your looks foreshow
You have a gentle heart.
Shak.
Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose,
Whose purple blush the day foreshows.
Denham. Foreshower
(Fore*show"er) n. One who predicts.
Foreside
(Fore"side) n.
1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.
2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.
Foresight
(Fore"sight`) n.
1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton.
2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable foresight.
Milton.
A random expense, without plan or foresight.
Burke. 3. (Surv.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by
a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a.
