Foregrasp
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A prior cognizance or understanding; an awareness or comprehension beforehand. uncountable
"Each of these terms is the product of the irony which comes from having obtained a foregrasp of mundaneity while attempting to articulate mundaneity within the idiom which mundaneity supports."
Verb
- 1 To grasp beforehand. transitive
"Thy great deliverance is a greater thing Than purest imagination can foregrasp; A thing beyond all conscious hungering, Beyond all hope that makes the poet sing."
Example
More examples"Each of these terms is the product of the irony which comes from having obtained a foregrasp of mundaneity while attempting to articulate mundaneity within the idiom which mundaneity supports."
Etymology
From fore- + grasp.
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