单词 | fore-point |
释义 | † fore-pointv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. a. To appoint or determine beforehand; to predestine to or unto. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] shapea1000 dightc1000 besee1297 weirda1300 destinec1300 ordainc1390 ettlea1400 destinyc1400 eure1428 fortunec1430 foreordainc1440 order1532 preordain1533 predefine1542 prefine1545 destinate1548 fore-pointa1557 fore-appoint1561 pre-ordinate1565 foreset1573 forepurpose1581 sort1592 predestinate1593 predetermine1601 pre-appoint1603 forecall1613 fatea1616 predesign1630 predeterminate1637 pre-order1640 predestine1642 ordinate1850 foreordinate1858 preset1926 a1557 J. Cheke in tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xvi. 17 (note) Everlastingnes, and happines wheerunto his chosen be forpointed. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K2 Unfortunate Samela born to mishaps, and forepointed to sinister fortunes. 1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard (1880) 56 He is the man forpointed to be my husband. b. To forebode. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)] > presage fore-point1590 foredoom1599 forebode1603 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C3 As the Marble dropps against rayne, so their teares forepoynt mischiefe. c. To mark by points beforehand. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > mark [verb (transitive)] > before fore-point1570 1570 J. Dee Math. Præf. Which point we shall atteyne, by Notyng and forepointyng the angles and lines, by a sure and certain direction and connexion. 2. intransitive. To point beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 to say beforec1384 signifyc1384 pretendc1425 prefigurec1429 preostendc1429 prefigurate1530 prefigurate1530 adumbrate1537 promise1556 premonstrate1562 foresignify1565 presignify1570 shadow1574 foreshadow1577 presage1583 fore-run1590 presign1590 fore-read1591 figure1595 type forth, out1596 fore-point1601 foreshow1601 prophesy1608 foretella1616 foretypea1618 forebode1656 harbingera1657 pretypify1658 pretype1659 forespeak1667 to figure out1721 forecast1883 favour1887 precourse1888 precursea1892 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Aivv He might haue seene how Fate that day fore-pointed. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 20 Thus (as fore pointing to a storme that was gathering on that coast) began the first difference with the French nation. Derivatives forepointing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > predetermining fore-appointing1589 forepointing1589 fateda1616 predeterminant1677 predeterminative1677 predeterminablea1834 foreordaining1864 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B4 Some further forepoynting fate. forepointer n. one who or that which points out beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of shadow1382 prophecya1393 foreshow1548 foreshower1555 prefiguration1579 forepointer1587 foresignification1592 premonstrance1594 prodromus1602 premonstration1610 antetype1612 prodromy1647 pre-significator1669 foretellera1716 presignification1835 foretype1848 prefigurementa1859 foreshadower18.. foreboder1876 forego1880 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts forquidder?c1225 prophet?c1225 prognosticator1552 foreshower1555 foreteller1580 forepointer1587 avant-courier1611 predicter1641 predictor1641 prognostic1653 prognostes1654 prophecy-monger1655 foreboder1687 boder1692 prognosticant1880 1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. C2 The fathers and forepointers of wysedom. 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 21 Desires aboue fortunes, are the forepointers of deepe falles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.a1557 |
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