Forelook

//fɔɹˈlʊk// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A preview.

    "[T]o do one's best on Sunday to interweave that thought with the active life of an active town, and to inspirit both and make both infinite by glimpses of the Eternal Glory, seemed such an exquisite forelook into one's life! . . . If this vision could only have lasted."

  2. 2
    Someone or something previewed.
Verb
  1. 1
    To look beforehand, to preview.
  2. 2
    To look forward.

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"[T]o do one's best on Sunday to interweave that thought with the active life of an active town, and to inspirit both and make both infinite by glimpses of the Eternal Glory, seemed such an exquisite forelook into one's life! . . . If this vision could only have lasted."

Etymology

From Middle English vorloken, forluken, equivalent to fore- + look.

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