foresignify

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ signify.

Verb

foresignify (third-person singular simple present foresignifies, present participle foresignifying, simple past and past participle foresignified)

1. (transitive) To indicate beforehand.
   • 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

     They oft foresignify and threaten ill

Synonyms

• foreshow
• foretoken

References

• “foresignify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.