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foretasting

foretasting is the present participle and gerund 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 foretasting

What is foretasting the present participle and gerund of?
Foretasting is the present participle and gerund of foretaste.

Words near foretasting in the dictionary

  1. foretaste
  2. foretasted
  3. foretaster
  4. foretasters
  5. foretastes
  6. foretasting
  7. foretaught
  8. foreteach
  9. foreteaches
  10. foreteaching
  11. foreteam

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