Forestall, v. a.
- 1. Shut off, preclude, prevent, hinder (by prior influences).
- 2. Anticipate, foretaste, antedate, take in advance.
- 3. Engross, monopolize, regrate, get exclusive possession of (in order to enhance prices).
Foretaste, v. a. Anticipate. See forestall,
- 2.
Foretaste, n. Anticipation, antepast, prelibation, forestalling, taste beforehand.
Foretell, v. a.
- 1. Predict, prophesy.
- 2. Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, presignify, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage.
Forethought, n. Foresight, forecast, anticipation, precaution, prudence, provident regard to the future.
Forever, ad. Always, prepetually, eternally, everlastingly, endlessly, ever, evermore, aye, for aye, at all times, to the end of time, world or time without end, through endless ages, to eternity.
Forewarn, v. a. Caution or admonish or advise or warn beforehand.
Forfeit, n. Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeiture.
Forfeit, v. a. Lose (by some offence, by neglect, or by breach of condition), alienate.
Forfeiture, n. 1. Loss (by some offence, etc.), amercement, confiscation.
- 2 Fine, mulct, amercement, penalty, forfeit. Forge, n.
- 1. Smithy (for heavy work), ironworks.
- 2. Furnace (to make iron more malleable), shingling-mill.
Forge, v. a.
- 1. Beat (metal), hammer out, form (by heating and hammering), fabricate, frame.
- 2. Devise, invent, frame, coin.
- 3. Falsify, counterfeit, fabricate.