† foredeemv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To form a judgement of beforehand; to forecast, presage. Also intransitive with of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > anticipate, forecast [verb (transitive)]
to cast dangerc1449
forecasta1513
preventa1533
foredeem1542
premeditate1566
foretake1588
fore-run1591
foreprise1597
to lay one's account with (also on, for)1606
foreguess1640
prospect1652
precalculate1840
pre-empt1928
second-guess1941
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 288v To foredeme the wurste.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Acts xvi. 16 (margin) Which [maid] could gesse and foredeeme of things past, present and to come.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) v. 272 Many did foredeem that he should not escape some misfortune.
1660 Plea Minist. Sequestration 6 Too truly foredeeming their own turbulent subsequent actions if they regain their power.
2. To deem or account in advance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]
betokenc1275
bode1387
prognostica1400
pretend1402
prognosticate?a1425
ossc1450
importc1487
prognostify1495
protendc1554
presage1562
abode1573
boden1573
denounce1581
importune1590
prejudicate1595
foretoken1598
ominate1598
auspicate1604
divine1607
foredeem1612
warranta1616
augur1630
preaugurate1635
prewarna1637
prenote1641
preominate1646
forespeak1667
omen1697
betidea1799
bespeak1851
1612 J. Webster White Divel i. i Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor.
Derivatives
foreˈdeemed adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [adjective] > forecasted
foredeemed1587
forethought1666
forecasted1882
1587 T. Hughes Misfort. Arthur (1828) iv. iii. 67 You frame a cause of long foredeemed doome.
foreˈdeeming n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun]
forecastinga1529
foreguessing1548
prevening1557
prejudice1560
prolepsis1578
foredeeming1587
forestalment1611
forestalling1641
forethought1653
anticipation1711
pre-empting1857
precasting1863
second-guessing1946
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. ***ii Foredeemings and foresetled opinions.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 8 The deceitfull conjectures and foredeemings of one Merline.
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