forecomev.
rare. † a. intransitive. To come before the usual time; to come early. Obsolete. rare.† c. To gain the advantage of, overcome. Obsolete.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be premature (in acting) > arrive early
forecomec900
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) iv. xxvi. [xxv]. 350 Þætte þu seo forecumende Drihtnes onsyne [L. præoccupando Dei faciem] in andetnisse.
b. transitive. To come before, anticipate. rare.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)]
forecomea1300
precede?a1425
fore-run1590
usher1607
eve1638
to usher in1641
surmounta1647
antevene1655
antedate1664
antecedea1676
anticipate1855
precourse1888
predate1889
precursea1892
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
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxviii. [cxix.] 147 I for-come in ripenes, and made crie.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)]
overcomeeOE
forecomec1000
overwieldlOE
masterc1225
overmaistrie1340
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
surmount1390
to have the fairer (of)c1400
maistriec1400
overmasterc1425
winc1440
overc1485
bestride1526
rixlec1540
overreach1555
control1567
overmate1567
govern1593
to give (a person) the lurch1598
get1600
to gain cope of1614
top1633
to fetch overa1640
down1641
to have the whip hand (of)1680
carberry1692
to cut down1713
to be more than a match for1762
outflank1773
outmaster1799
outgeneral1831
weather1834
best1839
fore-reach1845
to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849
scoop1850
euchrec1866
bemaster1871
negotiate1888
to do down1900
to get (someone) wetc1926
lick1946
c1000 Ags. Ps. xvi[i]. 14[13] (Spelman), Aris, Drihten, forcum hi.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xvi[i]. 14[13] Ris up, Laverd, for-come him swa.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10068 Quar-thoru þe warlaw, wirid wight, For-cummen es and has tint his might.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 513 We are forecome by the grace of God.
Derivatives
foreˈcoming adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective]
prognostica1500
prefigurative?1504
prenunciative1555
presignificant1576
shadowing1579
presignificative1588
prenuncious1656
umbratica1677
forecoming1860
foresignifying1860
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > anticipating or forestalling
lurching1577
anticipating1611
anticipanta1631
anticipative1664
anticipatory1669
forecoming1860
proactive1951
pre-empting1965
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 502 God's forecoming love.
foreˈcomingness n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > quality of
prefigurativeness1685
presignificance1685
presignificancy1685
forecomingness1848
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 97 The..forecomingness of things.
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