Foredream
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 a dream dreamt in advance, especially regarding a future condition or event; a hopeful expectation; a hope
"[…] with its impressive motto, were all subservient to that grave and visioned mood in which the moral thought of this life, and foredream of the next, steal with a luxurious melancholy over the heart."
- 1 to dream beforehand, especially as a premonition transitive
"She had used the only means, and the strongest means, of bringing Gilbert back to France; she had foredreamt his coming, she had foreknown that from the first he would ask for Beatrix; […]"
Example
More examples"[…] with its impressive motto, were all subservient to that grave and visioned mood in which the moral thought of this life, and foredream of the next, steal with a luxurious melancholy over the heart."
Etymology
From fore- + dream.
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