Forerun
(Fore*run") v. t.
1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
Shak. Forerunner
(Fore*run"ner) n.
1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing
something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus.
Heb. vi. 20.
My elder brothers, my forerunners, came.
Dryden. 2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
Foresaid
(Fore"said`) a. Mentioned before; aforesaid.
Foresail
(Fore"sail`) n. (Naut.) (a) The sail bent to the foreyard of a square- rigged vessel, being the
lowest sail on the foremast. (b) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. (c) The fore staysail
of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast.
Foresay
(Fore*say") v. t. [AS. foresecgan; fore + secgan to say. See Say, v. t.] To foretell. [Obs.]
Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid.
Fairfax. Foresee
(Fore*see") v. t. [AS. foreseón; fore + seón to see. See See, v. t.]
1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
Prov. xxii. 3. 2. To provide. [Obs.]
Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.
Bacon. Foresee
(Fore*see"), v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [Obs.]
