foreshowingn.
/fɔːˈʃəʊɪŋ/ The action of foreshow v.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun]
foreshowinga1050
foreknowingc1374
foreseeingc1374
fore-wit1377
before-knowingc1384
presciencec1384
fore-wittingc1386
presciencec1395
foresight14..
previdence?a1425
prevision?a1425
prenostication?a1450
precognitiona1500
before-witting1532
foreknowledge1535
fore-fetch1554
presciency1572
fore-wisdom1576
prenotion1588
presension1597
prospecta1616
presensation1653
prospiciency1681
prevoyance1767
onsight1838
preview1855
precog1954
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun]
foreshowinga1050
foretokeninga1300
prefigurationa1382
premonstrationc1429
prenotationa1550
presignification1578
precursea1591
ostentation1607
precursion1615
prefigurement1708
foreshadowing1847
a1050 Liber Scintil. vi. (1889) 28 Atihtincge his mid eallum geþances bigenge on godes foresceawunge [L. contemplatione] gefæstnað.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5745 Þis was a fore-sceuing scene O moder bath and maiden clene.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 56v The vnbeleuers..do faine that their felicitie or misery doth hang on the decrees and foreshewinges of the starres.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Proph. Bks. Comm. Al the old Testament is a general prophecie, and forshewing of the New.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xv. 258 Men saw in these beneficient influences of the pool of Bethesda a foreshewing..of future benefits.
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