| 释义 |
foreguess, v.|fɔəˈgɛs|
[f. fore- prefix + guess.]
trans. To guess beforehand; to forecast, anticipate, conjecture. Const. with simple obj. or with obj. clause. Also absol.
Hence foreˈguessing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1388Wyclif Wisd. xvii. 10 marg. note Bi forgessing grete yuels to comynge on it silf. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xii. 54 Obseruing and markyng al lykelyhoodes and foregeassynges of tempestes. 1598Florio Presago, a..fore⁓guessing man. 1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. 28/1 Melancthon could foreguess that the time should come wherein [etc.]. 1895W. H. Turton Truth of Chr. 88 He may also have foreknown, what we can only foreguess. |