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foretasted

foretasted is the simple past and past participle of foretaste.

Meaning of foretaste

Verb

foretaste (third-person singular simple present foretastes, present participle foretasting, simple past and past participle foretasted)

  1. (transitive) To taste beforehand.
  2. (transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
  3. (transitive) To taste before another.
    • [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]1667, John Milton, Paradise lost

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Questions about foretasted

What is foretasted the simple past and past participle of?
Foretasted is the simple past and past participle of foretaste.

Words near foretasted in the dictionary

  1. foretalk
  2. foretarsal
  3. foretarsi
  4. foretarsus
  5. foretaste
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  7. foretaster
  8. foretasters
  9. foretastes
  10. foretasting
  11. foretaught

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