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▪ I. foretaste, n.|ˈfɔəteɪst|
[f. fore- prefix + taste n.]
A taste beforehand; an anticipation, partial enjoyment in advance.
1435Misyn Fire of Love ii. vii. 86 It is trowde of euerlastynge swetnes a fortaste. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. vii, It is..a maner of fortaste of þe heuenly cuntre. 1604Bilson Survey Table s.v. Hell, The foretast of iudgement in Hell. a1716South Serm. Wks. 1737 I. 37 It is the fore-taste of heaven, and the earnest of eternity. 1838Thirlwall Greece III. xix. 123 This foretaste of the evils of war did not damp the general ardour. 1880Dixon Windsor III. xxv. 248 The monster..trembled with a foretaste of the stake.
▪ II. foretaste, v.|fɔəˈteɪst|
Also 5 fortaste.
[f. fore- prefix + taste v.]
1. trans. To taste beforehand, have a foretaste of.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xviii, Felicite..suche as gode true cristen men abidin, & spiritual men fortastiþ. 1526[see foretasting vbl. n. below]. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 92 Saints thus Celestial Joys fore-taste. 1834Good Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 395 The Epicureans..fore⁓tasting the spirit of the Lavoisierian system..contended that it [heat] was a substance sui generis.
2. ‘To taste before another’ (J.).
1667[see foretasted ppl. a.].
Hence foreˈtasted ppl. a.; foreˈtasting vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also foreˈtaster.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 280 b, The foretastynges of y⊇ glory of heuen. 1632Sherwood, A foretaster, preguste. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 929 Foretasted Fruit Profan'd first by the Serpent. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 74 Give me..Of heav'nly Joys a sweet foretasting view. |