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foresignify

foresignify verb: to indicate beforehand.

Verb

foresignify (third-person singular simple present foresignifies, present participle foresignifying, simple past and past participle foresignified)

  1. (transitive) To indicate beforehand.
    • They oft foresignify and threaten ill1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    foreshow, foretoken

Synonyms of foresignify

Forms of foresignify

third-person singular presentforesignifies
present participleforesignifying
past participleforesignified
pastforesignified

Origin of foresignify

From fore- + signify.

Questions about foresignify

What does foresignify mean?
Foresignify means to indicate beforehand.
What part of speech is foresignify?
Foresignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of foresignify?
The past tense of foresignify is foresignified.

Words near foresignify in the dictionary

  1. foresignals
  2. foresignification
  3. foresignifications
  4. foresignified
  5. foresignifies
  6. foresignify
  7. foresignifying
  8. foresigns
  9. foresing
  10. foresinger
  11. foresister

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