† foreshown.
Obsolete.
A manifestation beforehand; a previous indication or token; a prefiguration.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of
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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark iii. f. 35 Here was made a foreshewe of the churche, that should be gathered together.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. vi. 194 Pretending that euerie bird and beast, & c, should be sent from the gods as foreshewes of somewhat.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiii. liv. 245 With vermile drops at eau'n his tresses bleed, Foreshowes of future heat.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxv. 69 The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so vncertaine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
foreshowv.
/(ˌ)fɔːˈʃəʊ/, U.S. /fɔrˈʃoʊ/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > foresee or foreknow [verb (transitive)]
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c1000 Ælfric Judges vi. 8 He him foresceawode sumne heretogan.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 227 Se time com þe god forescewede.
c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 17 Ðare hierte ðe ne wile forsceawin h(w)ider he scal ðanne he henen farð.
2.
a. To show or make known beforehand; chiefly, to foretell, prognosticate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)]
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to call for ——1895
pick1909
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 82 God there fore~sheweth some peculiar thing concerning his electes.
1642–46 in J. Quincy Hist. Harvard Univ. (1840) I. 517 No scholar shall..unless foreshowed and allowed by the President..be absent from his studies..above an hour.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 110 He foreshews that many should come in his name.
1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 39 Astrologers, that future Fates foreshew.
1826 E. Irving Babylon II. 316 He gave Enoch a commission to foreshow the deluge.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 196 If thou hurtest them, I foreshow ruin for thy ship.
b. Of things: To indicate beforehand, give promise or warning of; to foreshadow, prefigure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)]
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1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 71 The Sunne did frowne, Fore-shewing to his men a blacke-fac't day.
1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms I. (xlvii. 3) 202 That great conquest, foreshewed by the victories of Joshua.
?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 132 The falling of the mercury foreshews thunder.
1822 Dr. Sydenham in J. M. Good Study Med. II. 460 Aphthæ generally foreshow imminent death.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 40 God had..enjoined sacrifice, to foreshow and plead to Himself the one meritorious Sacrifice of Christ.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]
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1590 Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie 39 Glances that foreshewed good will.
1607 H. Arthington Principall Points Holy Profession sig. Bv To view Gods Creatures..How do they all his loue foreshew.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xv. 134 Your lookes foreshew you haue a gentle heart. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
foreˈshown adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective] > foreshadowed, prefigured
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1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 88 The voices of foreshown Humanity.
1852 T. L. Peacock Wks. (1875) III. 380 To all mankind death is the foreshown doom.
foreˈshower n. one who or that which foreshows.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]
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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 13 Deuilles, fore~shewers of thinges.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xx. 346 The signes..which should be the foreshewers of this terrible day.
1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters iv. 258 [They] were fore-shewers of a happy voyage.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Foreteller Predicter, foreshower.
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