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forewishes

forewishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forewish.

Meaning of forewish

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

Questions about forewishes

What is forewishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forewishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forewish.

Words near forewishes in the dictionary

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

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