| 释义 |
foreˈteach, v. rare.
[f. fore- prefix + teach v.]
trans. To teach beforehand.
1591Greene Farewell to Folly Wks. (Grosart) IX. 245 Eua..following nothing but what hir husbande foreshewed and foretaught hir. 1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 126 Those few duties which nature herself hath foretaught us. 1876Morris æneids x. 843 The father's soul foretaught of ill, afar their wail he knew. 1909tr. Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent & Christmas 152 They are foretaught by the Holy Spirit.
Hence foretaught ppl. a., previously taught.
1534More On the Passion Wks. 1346/2 Theyr foretaught and fro tyme to tyme kept and continued faith. 1563Mirr. Mag., Blacksmith xxxvi, Whose foretaught wyt of treason knoweth the payne. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vii. 18 The sacred thinges, and holy heastes foretaught. |