forescenting

Verb

forescent (third-person singular simple present forescents, present participle forescenting, simple past and past participle forescented)

1. To detect the scent of (something) before it is present.
   • birds and wild animals forescent a storm, or an earthquake1849, John Griffith Mansford, Anno Mundi 1656, and Anno Domini 1849, London: Nisbet & Co., page 6
2. (figuratively) To detect or become aware of (something) in advance.
   • the sagacity with which Iago feels and forescents his way into Roderigo1872, Henry Norman Hudson, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters, Boston: Ginn & Company, Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 462

   Synonyms:

   anticipate, foresee

See all 3 meanings of forescent