forebears

[FORBEAR, 8.] *före-be-lief, s. [Pref. fore-, and Eng. belief (q. v.).] Previous belief. *fö re-birth, *for-birth, *for-burthe, s. [Pref. fore, and Eng. birth (q. v.).] 1. Priority in birth; birthright. 2. The first-born. IMG:content-1904.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To prognosticate, to foretell or predict, generally of ill. "With these foreboding words restrains their hate." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, iii. 470. 2. To be prescient; to foreknow; to feel a secret sense of something to come, generally ill. "For she it was,-'twas she who wrought Meekly, with foreboding thought." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, c. ii. *före-böde-ment, s. [Eng. forebode ; -ment .] The act of foreboding, prognosticating, or foreknowing. före-bōd-er, s. [Eng. forebod ( e ); -er.] 1. One who forebodes, prognosticates, or foretells; a prognosticator. 2. One who foreknows or is prescient. före-bod-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FOREBODE, 1.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: A prognostication, prescience, or secret sense of some ill to come. före-bod-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. foreboding: ly.] In a foreboding manner; with prognostications or presages.