foresentence

noun

Etymology

From fore- + sentence.

  1. derived from *sent-
  2. derived from sententia
  3. borrowed from sentence
  4. prefixed as foresentence — “fore + sentence

Definitions

  1. A sentence or condemnation in advance.

    • To move on that note from our deficient techniques of fact-gathering, there is a troublesome quality of class bias both in the subjects treated in foresentence reports and the standard modes of treatment.
  2. Prophetic doom.

  3. To sentence beforehand or in advance.

    • Be it not mine to foresentence a sinner, whose sin's consummation Prefaced his ultimate ruin—his last dying act may atone For some misdeeds ; and whatever be written of Hell and damnation, God alone knows what is gospel; […]
    • On the strength of having a good time in one's teens, one foresentences one's manhood to derision at an early age: and to a life-long subjection to women and younger exoletes.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for foresentence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA