Chapter XV: Part 15

But let her go for an ungrateful woman.

Philips.

7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.

The writer will do what she please for all me.

Spectator.

God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute
supervene.

Dr. H. More.

For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a
contrivance to fright us.

Swift.

8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.

For many miles about There 's scarce a bush.

Shak.

Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.

prior.

To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.

Garth.

9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.]

We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.

Beau. & Fl.

For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently. See under As.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. xxiv. 15.

For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely
tend.

Dryden.

-- For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of. -- For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." Shak. -- For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that; seeing that; since. -- For by. See Forby, adv. -- For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever. -- For me, or For all me, as far as regards me. -- For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] T. Hook. -- For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.] "For that I love your daughter." Shak. -- For thy, or Forthy [AS. for&?;&?;.], for this; on this account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy." Spenser. -- For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- "What went ye out for to see?" Luke vii. 25. See To, prep., 4. -- O for, would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." Shak. -- Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will." Sir M. Hale.

For (?), conj. 1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.

And for of long that way had walkÈd none, The vault was hid with
plants and bushes hoar.

Fairfax.

And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your
serious and great business scant, For she with me.

Shak.

2. Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.

Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth
forever.

Ps. cxxxvi. 1.

Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for
themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all
alike As if we had them not.

Shak.

For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). -- For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.

Syn. -- See Because.

For, n. One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.

The fors and against. those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.

For"age (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.] 1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.

Shak.

One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair
oxen and fair kine.

Milton.

Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.

Marshall.

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden.

Forage cap. See under Cap. -- Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.

For"age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging (?).] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.

His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's
whelp Forage in blood of French nobility.

Shak.

Foraging ant (Zoˆl.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. -- Foraging cap, a forage cap. -- Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.

For"age (?), v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.

For"a*ger (?), n. One who forages.

For"a*lite (?), n. [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.

||Fo*ra"men (?), n.; pl. L. Foramina (#), E. Foramines (#). [L., fr. ||forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a ||fenestra.

Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. -- Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.

Fo*ram"i*na`ted (?), a. [L. foraminatus.] Having small opening, or foramina.

For`a*min"i*fer (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Foraminifera.

||Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a ||foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoˆl.) An extensive order of rhizopods ||which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several ||united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. ||Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.

Fo*ram`i*nif"er*ous (?), a. 1. Having small openings, or foramina.

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.

Fo*ram"i*nous (?), a. [L. foraminosus.] Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.

For`as*much" (?), conj. In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep.

For"ay (fr" or f*r"; 277), n. [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser.

The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey.

Tennyson.

For"ay, v. t. To pillage; to ravage.

He might foray our lands.

Sir W. Scott.

For"ay*er (? or ?), n. One who makes or joins in a foray.

They might not choose the lowland road, For the Merse forayers were
abroad.

Sir W. Scott.

For*bade" (?), imp. of Forbid.

For*bathe", v. t. To bathe. [Obs.]

For*bear" (fr*b‚r"), n. [See Fore, and Bear to produce.] An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] "Your forbears of old." Sir W. Scott.

For*bear" (fr*b‚r"), v. i. [imp. Forbore (?) (Forbare (&?;), [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing.] [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See Bear to support.] 1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?

1 Kings xxii. 6.

2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.

Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear.

Ezek. ii. 7.

3. To control one's self when provoked.

The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear.

Cowper.

Both bear and forbear.

Old Proverb.

For*bear", v. t. 1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.

But let me that plunder forbear.

Shenstone.

The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own
advantage.

Tennyson.

2. To treat with consideration or indulgence.

Forbearing one another in love.

Eph. iv. 2.

3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.]

Whenas my womb her burden would forbear.

Spenser.

For*bear"ance (?), n. The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.

He soon shall find Forbearance no acquittance ere day end.

Milton.

2. The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.

Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goes
slower.

Shak.

Syn. -- Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.

For*bear"ant (?), a. Forbearing. [R.] Carlyle.

For*bear"er (?), n. One who forbears. Tusser.

For*bear"ing, a. Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. -- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.

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For*bid" (fr*bd"), v. t. [imp. Forbade (-bd"); p. p. Forbidden (-bd"d'n) (Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding (?).] [OE. forbeden, AS. forbeÛdan; pref. for- + beÛdan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbja, forboa, Sw. fˆrbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t.] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.

More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time
Forbids to dwell upon.

Shak.

2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.

Have I not forbid her my house?

Shak.

3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.

Dryden.

4. To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]

He shall live a man forbid.

Shak.

5. To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.

Syn. -- To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.

For*bid" (?), v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid." Milton.

For*bid"dance (?), n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.]

How hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance.

Milton.

For*bid"den (?), a. Prohibited; interdicted.

I know no spells, use no forbidden arts.

Milton.

Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.

For*bid"den*ly, adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.

For*bid"der (?), n. One who forbids. Milton.

For*bid"ding (?), a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.

-- For*bid"ding*ly, adv. -- For*bid"ding*ness, n.

For*black" (?), a. Very black. [Obs.]

As any raven's feathers it shone forblack.

Chaucer.

For*bo"den (?), obs. p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer.

For*bore" (?), imp. of Forbear.

For*borne" (?), p. p. of Forbear.

For*bruise" (?), v. t. To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.]

All forbrosed, both back and side.

Chaucer.

For*by" (?), adv. & prep. [See Foreby.] Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]

To tell her if her child went ought forby.

Chaucer.

To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the
city without let.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

For*carve" (?), v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Force (?), v. t. [See Farce to stuff.] To stuff; to lard; to farce. [R.]

Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.

Shak.

Force, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fors, foss, Dan. fos.] A waterfall; a cascade. [Prov. Eng.]

To see the falls for force of the river Kent.

T. Gray.

Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, n.] 1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.

He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.

Macaulay.

2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

Which now they hold by force, and not by right.

Shak.

3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.

Is Lucius general of the forces?

Shak.

4. (Law) (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. (b) Validity; efficacy. Burrill.

5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.

Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. -- Catabiotic force [Gr. &?; down (intens.) + &?; life.] (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. -- Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force, etc. See under Centrifugal, Centripetal, etc. -- Composition of forces, Correlation of forces, etc. See under Composition, Correlation, etc. -- Force and arms [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an expression in old indictments, signifying violence. -- In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. "A testament is of force after men are dead." Heb. ix. 17. -- Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. -- No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account; hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Of force, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. "Good reasons must, of force, give place to better." Shak. -- Plastic force (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts in the growth and repair of the tissues. -- Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known.

Syn. -- Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence; violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion. -- Force, Strength. Strength looks rather to power as an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength, strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand, looks more to the outward; as, the force of gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit, etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and force of will; but even here the former may lean toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the latter toward the outward expression of it in action. But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a marked distinction in our use of force and strength. "Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to whatever produces, or can produce, motion." Nichol.

Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty man.

Heywood.

More huge in strength than wise in works he was.

Spenser.

Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their orisons, and found
Strength added from above, new hope to spring Out of despair.

Milton.

Force (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forcing (?).] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See Force, n.] 1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.

2. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.

3. To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one's will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.

To force their monarch and insult the court.

Dryden.

I should have forced thee soon wish other arms.

Milton.

To force a spotless virgin's chastity.

Shak.

4. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

5. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.

It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay That scarce the victor
forced the steel away.

Dryden.

To force the tyrant from his seat by war.

Sahk.

Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion.

Fuller.

6. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. [Obs.]

What can the church force more?

J. Webster.

7. To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a conceit or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.

High on a mounting wave my head I bore, Forcing my strength, and
gathering to the shore.

Dryden.

8. (Whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.

9. To provide with forces; to reÎnforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. [Obs.] Shak.

10. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. [Obs.]

For me, I force not argument a straw.

Shak.

Syn. -- To compel; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce; drive; press; impel.

Force, v. i. [Obs. in all the senses.] 1. To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart.

Spenser.

2. To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.

Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear.

Shak.

I force not of such fooleries.

Camden.

3. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.

It is not sufficient to have attained the name and dignity of a
shepherd, not forcing how.

Udall.

Forced (?), a. Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.

Forced draught. See under Draught. -- Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with all possible speed.

-- For"ced*ly (#), adv. -- For"ced*ness, n.

Force"ful (?), a. Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv.

Against the steed he threw His forceful spear.

Dryden.

Force"less, a. Having little or no force; feeble.

These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me.

Shak.

Force"meat` (?), n. [Corrupt. for farce-meat, fr. F. farce stuffing. See Farce, n.] (Cookery) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

Force"ment (?), n. The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.]

It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such
forcement treachery?

J. Webster.

For"ceps (?), n. [L. forceps, -cipis, from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. heave. Cf. Furnace.] 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

2. (Zoˆl.) The caudal forceps- shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.

Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.

Force" pump` (?). (Mach.) (a) A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. (b) A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger.

For"cer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, forces or drives.

2. (Mech.) (a) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. (b) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.

For"ci*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.] 1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.

How forcible are right words!

Job. vi. 2&?;.

Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken.

Bacon.

But I have reasons strong and forcible.

Shak.

That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin.

Hooker.

He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented.

Lowth (Transl. )

2. Violent; impetuous.

Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.

Prior.

3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction.

In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.

Swift.

Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.

Syn. -- Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.

For"ci*ble-fee`ble (?), a. [From Feeble, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's "King Henry IV.," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet "forcible."] Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.

He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if
he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the
forcible-feeble school.

N. Brit. Review.

For"ci*ble*ness, n. The quality of being forcible.

For"ci*bly, adv. In a forcible manner.

For"cing (?), n. 1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

2. (Gardening) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.

Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. -- Forcing engine, a fire engine. -- Forcing fit (Mech.), a tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force in putting the two parts together. -- Forcing house, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc. -- Forcing machine, a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle. -- Forcing pump. See Force pump (b).

For"ci*pal (?), a. Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

{ For"ci*pate (?), For"ci*pa`ted (?) }, a. Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

For`ci*pa"tion (?), n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.

For*cut" (?), v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ford (frd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fjˆrr bay, and to E. fare. &radic; 78. See Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.

He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.

Sir W. Scott.

2. A stream; a current.

With water of the ford Or of the clouds.

Spenser.

Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford.

Dryden.

Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.

His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted.

Milton.

Ford"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness, n.

Ford"less, a. Without a ford.

A deep and fordless river.

Mallock.

For*do" (?), v. t. [OE. fordon, AS. ford&?;n; pref. for- + d&?;n to do. See For-, and Do, v. i.] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.]

This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite.

Shak.

2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold.

All with weary task fordone.

Shak.

For*done" (?), a. [See Fordo.] Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.

For*drive" (?), v. t. To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

For*drunk"en (?), a. Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.

For*dry" (?), a. Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] "A tree fordry." Chaucer.

For*dwine" (?), v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R.

Fore, n. [AS. f&?;r, fr. faran to go. See Fare, v. i.] Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and his fore." Chaucer.

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Fore, adv. [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for. See For, and cf. Former, Foremost.] 1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.

2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]

The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.

Shak.

3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.

Fore and aft (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.), not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter.

Fore (?), a. [See Fore, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.

The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by
the fore purpose of the state.

Southey.

Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.

Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. -- Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body and after body. -- Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. -- Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. Knight. -- Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. -- Fore carriage. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. -- Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under Sail. -- Fore door. Same as Front door. -- Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. -- Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fore end. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning.

I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore
end of my time.

Shak.

(b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. -- Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. -- Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. -- Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. -- Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. -- Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. -- Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. -- Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. -- Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. -- Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets. -- Fore shore. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. -- Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. -- Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. -- Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the Vocabulary. - - Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.]

Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.

Sandys.

-- Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] Southey.

Fore, n. The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.

At the fore (Naut.), at the fore royal masthead; -- said of a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc. -- To the fore. (a) In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in plain sight; in readiness for use. (b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as money, etc. [Irish] "While I am to the fore." W. Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two thousand pounds to the fore?" Thackeray.

Fore, prep. Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before. [Obs.]

Fore`ad*mon"ish (?), v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall.

Fore`ad*vise" (?), v. t. To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak.

Fore`al*lege" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forealleged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Forealleging (?).] To allege or cite before. Fotherby.

Fore`ap*point" (?), v. t. To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.

Fore`ap*point"ment (?), n. Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.

Fore*arm" (?), v. t. To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.

Fore"arm` (?), n. (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Fore"beam` (?), n. The breast beam of a loom.

Fore*bear" (?), n. An ancestor. See Forbear.

Fore*bode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreboded; p. pr. & vb. n. Foreboding.] [AS. forebodian; fore + bodian to announce. See Bode v. t.] 1. To foretell.

2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.

His heart forebodes a mystery.

Tennyson.

Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation,
as the certain consequence of CÊsar's death.

Middleton.

I have a sort of foreboding about him.

H. James.

Syn. -- To foretell; predict; prognosticate; augur; presage; portend; betoken.

Fore*bode", v. i. To foretell; to presage; to augur.

If I forebode aright.

Hawthorne.

Fore*bode", n. Prognostication; presage. [Obs.]

Fore*bode"ment (?), n. The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.

Fore*bod"er (?), n. One who forebodes.

Fore*bod"ing, n. Presage of coming ill; expectation of misfortune.

Fore*bod"ing*ly, adv. In a foreboding manner.

Fore"brace` (?), n. (Naut.) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

Fore"brain` (?), n. (Anat.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.

Fore*by" (?), prep. [Fore + by.] Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. Spenser.

Fore*cast" (?), v. t. 1. To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds.

Dan. xi. 24.

2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.

It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to
forecast consequences.

L'Estrange.

Fore*cast", v. i. To contrive or plan beforehand.

If it happen as I did forecast.

Milton.

Fore"cast (?), n. Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.

He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and
predetermination of the gods themselves.

Addison.

2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.

His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council
than the camp.

Prescott.

Fore*cast"er (?), n. One who forecast. Johnson.

Fore"cas`tle (?; sailors say &?;), n. (Naut.) (a) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. (b) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. (c) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.

Fore`cho"sen (?), a. Chosen beforehand.

Fore"cit`ed (?), a. Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot.

Fore*close" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foreclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foreclosing (?).] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris outside) + F. clore to close. See Foreign, and Close, v. t.] To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.

Carew.

To foreclose a mortgager (Law), to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption. -- To foreclose a mortgage, (not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt. Wharton.

Fore*clo"sure (?; 135), n. The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

Fore`con*ceive" (?), v. t. To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fore*date" (?), v. t. To date before the true time; to antedate.

Fore"deck` (?), n. (Naut.) The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

Fore*deem" (?), v. t. To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall.

Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor.

J. Webster.

Fore*deem", v. i. [Cf. Foredoom.] To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.]

Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and
to come.

Genevan Test.

Fore`de*sign" (? or ?), v. t. To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.

Fore`de*ter"mine (?), v. t. To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.

Fore`dis*pose" (?), v. t. To bestow beforehand. [R.]

King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of
Meath.

Fuller.

Fore*doom" (?), v. t. [Cf. Foredeem.] To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

Dryden.

Fore"doom` (?), n. Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." Southey.

Fore"fa`ther (?; 277), n. One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.

Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect
yourselves.

Burke.

Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.

Fore*feel" (?), v. t. To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. [Obs.]

As when, with unwieldy waves, the great sea forefeels winds.

Chapman.

Fore`fence" (?), n. Defense in front. [Obs.]

Fore*fend" (?), v. t. [OE. forfenden; pref. for- + fenden to fend. See Fend, v. t.] To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.

God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history.

Landor.

It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the cruelty.

I. Taylor.

Fore"fin`ger (?), n. The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Fore*flow" (?), v. t. To flow before. [Obs.]

Fore"foot` (?), n. 1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot.

2. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

Fore"front` (?), n. Foremost part or place.

Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle.

2 Sam. xi. 15.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront for all time,
the masters of those who know.

J. C. Shairp.

Fore"game` (?), n. A first game; first plan. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Fore"gang`er (?), n. [Prop., a goer before cf. G. voreg‰nger. See Fore, and Gang.] (Naut.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached. Totten.

Fore*gath"er (?), v. i. Same as Forgather.

Fore"gift` (?), n. (Law) A premium paid by a lessee when taking his lease.

Fore"gleam` (?), n. An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.

The foregleams of wisdom.

Whittier.

Fore*go" (?), v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.] [See Forgo.] 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

Stay at the third cup, or forego the place.

Herbert.

2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.

All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego.

Milton.

Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego.

Keble.

[He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit.

R. L. Stevenson.

Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

Fore*go", v. t. [AS. foregn; fore + gn to go; akin to G. vorgehen to go before, precede. See Go, v. i.] To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.

Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone.

Wordsworth.

For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special
patience.

Mrs. Browning.

Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

Fore*go"er (?), n. 1. One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor.

2. A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. [Obs.]

Fore*go"er, n. [Etymologically forgoer.] One who forbears to enjoy.

Fore"ground` (?), n. On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.

Fore*guess" (?), v. t. To conjecture. [Obs.]

Fore"gut` (?), n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, or to the entrance of the bile duct.

Fore"hand` (?), n. 1. All that part of a horse which is before the rider. Johnson.

2. The chief or most important part. Shak.

3. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

And, but for ceremony, such a wretch . . . Had the forehand and
vantage of a king.

Shak.

Fore"hand`, a. Done beforehand; anticipative.

And so extenuate the forehand sin.

Shak.

Fore"hand`ed, a. 1. Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." Jer. Taylor.

2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer. [U.S.]

3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts.

A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded.

Dryden.

Fore"head (?; 277), n. 1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

2. The aspect or countenance; assurance.

To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and
puissance of the king.

Shak.

3. The front or fore part of anything.

Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.

Milton.

So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead
of this action.

Shak.

Fore*hear" (?), v. i. & t. To hear beforehand.

Fore"hearth` (?), n. (Metal.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

Fore*hend" (?), v. t. See Forhend. [Obs.]

Fore*hew" (?), v. t. To hew or cut in front. [Obs.] Sackville.

Fore"hold` (?), n. (Naut.) The forward part of the hold of a ship.

Fore*hold"ing (?), n. Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Fore"hook` (?), n. (Naut.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.

For"eign (?), a. [OE. forein, F. forain, LL. foraneus, fr. L. foras, foris, out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door. See Door, and cf. Foreclose, Forfeit, Forest, Forum.] 1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. "Foreign worlds." Milton.

2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. "Domestic and foreign writers." Atterbury.

Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these rough shades did never
breed.

Milton.

3. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.

This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.

Swift.

4. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. [Obs.]

Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, That he ran mad
and died.

Shak.

Foreign attachment (Law), a process by which the property of a foreign or absent debtor is attached for the satisfaction of a debt due from him to the plaintiff; an attachment of the goods, effects, or credits of a debtor in the hands of a third person; -- called in some States trustee, in others factorizing, and in others garnishee process. Kent. Tomlins. Cowell. -- Foreign bill, a bill drawn in one country, and payable in another, as distinguished from an inland bill, which is one drawn and payable in the same country. In this latter, as well as in several other points of view, the different States of the United States are foreign to each other. See Exchange, n., 4. Kent. Story. -- Foreign body (Med.), a substance occurring in any part of the body where it does not belong, and usually introduced from without. - - Foreign office, that department of the government of Great Britain which has charge British interests in foreign countries.

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Syn. -- Outlandish; alien; exotic; remote; distant; extraneous; extrinsic.

For"eign*er (?), n. A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger.

Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts.

Denham.

Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater
luster, either to foreigners or subjects.

Swift.

For"eign*ism (?), n. Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.

It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so- called liberal
professions distigured by foreignisms.

Fitzed. Hall.

For"eign*ness, n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.

Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring
to set me right.

Locke.

A foreignness of complexion.

G. Eliot.

For"ein (?), a. Foreign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fore*judge" (?), v. t. [Fore + judge.] To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge.

Fore*judge", v. t. [For forjudge, fr. F. forjuger; OF. fors outside, except + F. juger to judge.] (O. Eng. Law) To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. Burrill.

Fore*judg"er (?), n. (Eng. Law) A judgment by which one is deprived or put out of a right or thing in question.

Fore*judg"ment (?), n. Prejudgment. [Obs.] Spenser.

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.

Fore*know"a*ble (?), a. That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.

Fore*know"er (?), n. One who foreknows.

Fore*know"ing*ly, adv. With foreknowledge.

He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life.

Jer. Taylor.

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.

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. fdr; prob. not the same word as E. fodder food. Cf. Fur, Fodder food.] A kind of parchment for book covers. See Forrill.

For"el, v. t. To bind with a forel. [R.] Fuller.

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.

Fore*lay" (?), v. t. 1. To lay down beforehand.

These grounds being forelaid and understood.

Mede.

2. To waylay. See Forlay. [Obs.]

Fore*lead"er (?), n. One who leads others by his example; a guide.

Fore*lend" (?), v. t. See Forlend. [Obs.]

As if that life to losse they had forelent.

Spenser.

Fore*let" (?), v. t. See Forlet. [Obs.] Holland.

Fore*lie" (?), v. i. To lie in front of. [Obs.]

Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast.

Spenser.

Fore*lift" (?), v. t. To lift up in front. [Obs.]

Fore"lock` (?), n. 1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.

Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. -- Forelock hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight. -- To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity.

Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying
thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once
past, there is no recalling it.

Swift.

On occasion's forelock watchful wait.

Milton.

Fore*look" (?), v. i. To look beforehand or forward. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fore"man (?), n.; pl. Foremen (&?;). The first or chief man; as: (a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker. (b) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.

Fore"mast` (?), n. (Naut.) The mast nearest the bow.

Foremast hand or man (Naut.), a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.

Fore*meant" (?), a. Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fore"men`tioned (?), a. Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.

Fore"milk` (?), n. (Physiol.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

Fore"most` (?), a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a.] First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

THat struck the foremost man of all this world.

Shak.

Fore"most`ly, adv. In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.

Fore"moth`er (?), n. A female ancestor.

Fore"name` (?), n. A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name. Selden.

Fore"name`, v. t. To name or mention before. Shak.

Fore"named` (?), a. Named before; aforenamed.

Fore*nenst" (?), prep. [See Fore, and Anent.] Over against; opposite to. [Now dialectic]

The land forenenst the Greekish shore.

Fairfax.

Fore"-night` (?), n. The evening between twilight and bedtime. [Scot.]

Fore"noon" (?), n. The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Fore"no`tice (?), n. Notice or information of an event before it happens; forewarning. [R.] Rymer.

Fo*ren"sal (?), a. Forensic. [R.]

Fo*ren"sic (?), a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public place, market place. See Forum.] Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes.

Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Fo*ren"sic, n. (Amer. Colleges) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

Fo*ren"sic*al (?), a. Forensic. Berkley.

Fore`or*dain" (?), v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.

Fore*or"di*nate (?), v. t. To foreordain.

Fore*or`di*na"tion (?), n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

{ Fore" part` (?), or Fore"part` }, n. The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning.

Fore"past` (?), a. Bygone. [Obs.] Shak.

Fore`pos*sessed" (?), a. 1. Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]

2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preÎngaged. [Obs.]

Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice.

Bp. Sanderson.

Fore*prize" (?), v. t. To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.

Fore`prom"ised (?), a. Promised beforehand; preÎngaged. Bp. Hall.

Fore"quot`ed (?), a. Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.

Fore*ran" (?), imp. of Forerun.

Fore"rank` (?), n. The first rank; the front.

Fore*reach" (?), v. t. (Naut.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

Fore*reach", v. i. (Naut.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. R. H. Dana, Jr.

Fore*read" (?), v. t. To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fore`re*cit"ed (?), a. Named or recited before. "The forerecited practices." Shak.

Fore`re*mem"bered (?), a. Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu.

Fore"right` (?), a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] "A foreright wind." Chapman.

Fore"right`, adv. Right forward; onward. [Obs.]

Fore*run" (?), v. t. 1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).

2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.

These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.

Shak.

Fore*run"ner (?), n. 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.

Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus.

Heb. vi. 20.

My elder brothers, my forerunners, came.

Dryden.

2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.

3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.

Fore"said` (?), a. Mentioned before; aforesaid.

Fore"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square- rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast. (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. (c) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.

Fore*say" (?), v. t. [AS. foresecgan; fore + secgan to say. See Say, v. t.] To foretell. [Obs.]

Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid.

Fairfax.

Fore*see" (?), v. t. [AS. foreseÛn; fore + seÛn to see. See See, v. t.] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil.

Prov. xxii. 3.

2. To provide. [Obs.]

Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing
means of life.

Bacon.

Fore*see", v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]

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.

Fore*se"er (?), n. One who foresees or foreknows.

Fore*seize" (?), v. t. To seize beforehand.

Fore*shad"ow (?), v. t. To shadow or typi&?;y beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden.

Fore*shew" (?), v. t. See Foreshow.

Fore"ship` (?), n. The fore part of a ship. [Obs.]

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.

Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.

Fore"shot` (?), n. In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.

Fore*show" (?), v. t. [AS. foresce·wian to foresee, provide; fore + sce·wian 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.

Fore*show"er (?), n. One who predicts.

Fore"side (?), n. 1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea.

2. The outside or external covering. Spenser.

Fore"sight` (?), n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton.