Foretouch

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A touch made in advance; (by extension) a prelude or foreshadow. figuratively

    "Is it progress at all, or is it retrogression, is it light or darkness, is it civilization or a foretouch of the disrupting force of intellectual anarchy and moral decay?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To touch beforehand; touch upon in advance. transitive

Synonyms

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foreshadow

Example

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"Is it progress at all, or is it retrogression, is it light or darkness, is it civilization or a foretouch of the disrupting force of intellectual anarchy and moral decay?"

Etymology

From Middle English *foretouchen, fortouchen, equivalent to fore- + touch.

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