† fore-ˈgive,v.Obs. [f. fore- prefix + give v. Cf.misgive.] intr. To have a foreboding, anticipate. 1600Holland Livy xxv. xxxv. (1609) 575 As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand [L. præsagientibus] when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them.