foreguess

foreguess verb: to guess beforehand.

Verb

foreguess (third-person singular simple present foreguesses, present participle foreguessing, simple past and past participle foreguessed)

(transitive) To guess beforehand.
- The rest—Rannach and Tekah, Yazte and Kahteney, Arcole—waited on him, on his response. He was, no matter his protestations, the Prophet, and they hesitated to foreguess him.1996, Angus Wells, Exile's Challenge
(transitive) To forecast.
(transitive) To anticipate; expect.
(transitive) To conjecture; assume.
- " [...] He will be welcome there I foreguess; for every northman is either or Warwick or for Lancaster; and the two must unite now, I trow."1886, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, The Last of the barons

foreguess (plural foreguesses)

A conjecture; an assumption.
- […] the idea – to put it in chemical language – that an allotropic form of gold may be discovered, so far from being an outcome of superstitious ignorance, was a foreguess of genius, which has led to brilliant and momentous discoveries, of which we are nearer to the cradle than to the maturity.1887, The Scottish review

Verb
third-person singular present	foreguesses
present participle	foreguessing
past participle	foreguessed
past	foreguessed
Noun
plural	foreguesses

From Middle English foregessen, equivalent to fore- + guess.

What does foreguess mean?: Foreguess means to guess beforehand.
What part of speech is foreguess?: Foreguess can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foreguess?: The past tense of foreguess is foreguessed.

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