Foresound

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a sound made in advance

    "Then of a sudden, without any foresounds, the scratching began again."

Verb
  1. 1
    to sound in advance transitive

    "Of ash-heaps, in the which ye use Husbands and wives by streaks to chuse; Of crackling laurel, which foresounds A plenteous harvest to your grounds; […]"

Example

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"Then of a sudden, without any foresounds, the scratching began again."

Etymology

From fore- + sound.

Related phrases

in advance

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