Forescent

//ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛnt// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scent that indicates something in advance.

    "an appalling forescent of his own near approaching discomfiture"

Verb
  1. 1
    To detect the scent of (something) before it is present.

    "birds and wild animals forescent a storm, or an earthquake"

  2. 2
    To detect or become aware of (something) in advance. figuratively

    "1872, Henry Norman Hudson, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters, Boston: Ginn & Company, Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 462, the sagacity with which Iago feels and forescents his way into Roderigo"

Synonyms

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anticipateforesee

Example

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"birds and wild animals forescent a storm, or an earthquake"

Etymology

From fore- + scent.

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