foreread

verb

Etymology

From fore- + read.

  1. derived from *Hreh₁dʰ-
  2. inherited from *rēdaną
  3. inherited from *rādan
  4. inherited from rǣdan
  5. inherited from reden
  6. prefixed as foreread — “fore + read

Definitions

  1. To signify beforehand

    To signify beforehand; predict.

    • She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."
    • He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe, while England would remain supine, simply because Neweastle was a fool and Ormskirk would be dead.
  2. To read beforehand or ahead of time.

    • I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.
  3. To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.

    • He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A foreword

      A foreword; preface.

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