forefeelv.
/(ˌ)fɔːˈfiːl/, U.S. /ˌfɔrˈfil/ transitive. To feel beforehand, have a presentiment of.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)]
forefeela1586
presage1594
bode1740
foreshadow1865
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa5v Erona..forefeeling the harmes which after fell to her.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 13 With unwieldy waves the great sea forefeels winds That both ways murmur.
a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. i. lii. 410 Sinners..fore-feeling the approach of hell.
1810 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 29 320 To forefeel Her coming joy, redoubles my delight.
1851 F. D. Maurice Patriarchs & Law-givers (1867) vi. 122 Those objects were in very deed foreshown and forefelt in his childish aspirations.
Derivatives
ˈforefeel n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of
boding1297
pricking of (also in) one's thumbsa1398
sense1549
presagition?c1550
forefeeling1551
aboding1579
bode1587
foresignification1592
presage1597
prevention1601
bodement1642
presentiment1663
forebodea1680
forebodement1755
omening1796
bodeword1832
forefeel1839
hunch1904
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 268 Like a fore-feel of madness about the brain.
foreˈfeeling adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adjective] > full of foreboding
augurous1600
forefeeling1608
presageful1729
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 265 A diuine prudence and forefeeling knowledge, originally in-bred by Nature.
1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xi. 110 His spirit..beheld, with no forefeeling joy, The rising sons of song.
foreˈfeelingly adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adverb]
darkly1597
presagingly1612
forefeelingly1808
bodingly1811
presagefully1844
1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 117 Well might W. fore~feelingly call our rulers ‘A venal band’.
foreˈfelt adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adjective] > felt beforehand
forefelta1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ii2v Fore-felt Desire, begin to sauour parts Of comming gladnes.
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