Forelook
/fɔɹˈlʊk/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Someone or something previewed.
Verb
- 1 To look beforehand, to preview.
- 2 To look forward.
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More examples"[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.