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forewishing

forewishing is the present participle and gerund 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 forewishing

What is forewishing the present participle and gerund of?
Forewishing is the present participle and gerund of forewish.

Words near forewishing in the dictionary

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

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