foreshow
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Foresignify, fōr-sig′ni-fī, v.t. to betoken beforehand: to foreshow: to typify.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The approaching hour appeareth great with woe: Some guile-born misery doth Fate foreshow.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Tell.Ev'ry day such actions Occur in plenty: needs no sign or wonder To foreshow them.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas
Since these and similar gloomy scenes foreshow future commotions, as we learn in the progress of time, all good men ought to avoid them.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke
He well may help these warriors," Sir Hagan straight began, "If ever by good fortune he come to be a man; Yet seems the young king's aspect no long life to foreshow.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
