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forewish

forewish verb: to wish or desire beforehand.

Verb

forewish (third-person singular simple present forewishes, present participle forewishing, simple past and past participle forewished)

  1. (transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
    • Events were soon to prove false those predictions of catastrophe, predictions of a fate that was forewished rather than foreseen.1955, William White Craik, Bryn Roberts and the National Union of Public Employees
    • […] as in a contest one has with an enemy, by desiring he forewishes a victory still distant from him by an intervening time.1989, Léon Baudry, The quarrel over future contingents (Louvain, 1465-1475)

Forms of forewish

third-person singular presentforewishes
present participleforewishing
past participleforewished
pastforewished

Origin of forewish

From fore- + wish.

Questions about forewish

What does forewish mean?
Forewish means to wish or desire beforehand.
What part of speech is forewish?
Forewish is a verb.
What is the past tense of forewish?
The past tense of forewish is forewished.

Words near forewish in the dictionary

  1. forewinged
  2. forewings
  3. forewinter
  4. forewinters
  5. forewisdom
  6. forewish
  7. forewished
  8. forewishes
  9. forewishing
  10. forewit
  11. forewits

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