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forehalsen

forehalsen verb: to presage; predict.

Verb

forehalsen (third-person singular simple present forehalsens, present participle forehalsening, simple past and past participle forehalsened)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To presage; predict.
    • "[…] One day, perhaps, my pen forehalsening Will dare what now of thee 'tis purposing."1899, Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne, The World's Great Classics

Forms of forehalsen

third-person singular presentforehalsens
present participleforehalsening
past participleforehalsened
pastforehalsened

Origin of forehalsen

From fore- + halsen.

Questions about forehalsen

What does forehalsen mean?
Forehalsen means to presage; predict.
What part of speech is forehalsen?
Forehalsen is a verb.
What is the past tense of forehalsen?
The past tense of forehalsen is forehalsened.

Words near forehalsen in the dictionary

  1. foreguide
  2. foregut
  3. foreguts
  4. forehall
  5. forehalls
  6. forehalsen
  7. forehammer
  8. forehammers
  9. forehand
  10. forehanded
  11. forehandedly

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