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forefeeling

forefeeling is the present participle and gerund of forefeel.

Meaning of forefeel

Verb

forefeel (third-person singular simple present forefeels, present participle forefeeling, simple past and past participle forefelt)

  1. (transitive) To feel or perceive beforehand or in advance; to have a presentiment of.
    • Such a studie was yong Catoes, in fore-feeling his approaching end, who lighting upon Platoes discourse of the soules immortality.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Noun

forefeeling (plural forefeelings)

  1. (archaic) A presentiment.
    • For this they take for a verye evel token, as thoughe the soule beynge in dispaire and vexed in conscience, through some privie and secret forefeiling of the punishement now at hande were aferde to depart.1551, Thomas More, Utopia, translated by Raphe Robynson, Cambridge University Press, 1922, reprinted from Hearne's edition 1716, pp. 148-9, https://archive.org/details/utopia__00moreuoft
    • The account of the earthquake in Calabria, in 1783, contains curious particulars of that calamitous event. […] 'Much more remarkable undoubtedly were the presentiments which were seen in living creatures. Man alone remained free from these forefeelings; neither on his body nor on the chearfulness...1798, The Critical Review, volume 24, London: A. Hamilton, page 397

Forms of forefeeling

pluralforefeelings

Words formed from forefeeling

Questions about forefeeling

What does forefeeling mean?
Forefeeling means a presentiment.
What is forefeeling the present participle and gerund of?
Forefeeling is the present participle and gerund of forefeel.
What part of speech is forefeeling?
Forefeeling is a noun.
What is the plural of forefeeling?
The plural of forefeeling is forefeelings.

Words near forefeeling in the dictionary

  1. forefathers
  2. Forefathers' Day
  3. forefeast
  4. forefeasts
  5. forefeel
  6. forefeeling
  7. forefeelingly
  8. forefeelings
  9. forefeels
  10. forefeet
  11. forefelt

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