foreshow
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English foreschewen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.
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Pronunciation
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Verb
foreshow (third-person singular simple present foreshows, present participle foreshowing, simple past foreshowed, past participle foreshown)
- (transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
- (transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
- 1841, Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu, The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England:
- But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain.
- 1841, Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu, The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England:
Etymology 2
Noun
foreshow (plural foreshows)
- (obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.139:
- The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […].
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.139:
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