Foreread
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A foreword; preface.
Verb
- 1 To signify beforehand; predict. transitive
"She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea.""
- 2 To read beforehand or ahead of time. transitive
"I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version."
- 3 To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance. transitive
"He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe."
Example
More examples"She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea.""
Etymology
From fore- + read.
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