2. Verb. (third-person singular of foreshow) ¹
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Definition of Foreshows
1. foreshow [v] - See also: foreshow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreshows
Literary usage of Foreshows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1861)
"If the prediction, interpreted by the ordinary established laws of language,
gives no such sense ; if it foreshows nothing but what relates to the fall of ..."
2. The Premium Essay on the Characteristics and Laws of Prophetic Symbols by Edward Winthrop (1856)
"The slaughter of the two apocalyptic witnesses, Rev. xi., foreshows a real,
literal slaughter of the faithful followers of Christ thus represented—a ..."
3. Life of Antonio Rosmini Serbati, Founder of the Institute of Charity by Gabriel Stuart MacWalter (1883)
"... how to conduct controversies—The world, as it is, must needs have evils —Opposes
god'ess education and foreshows its dangers—Men led by ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1859)
"But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior
body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great ..."
5. Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and by William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"Buzards, or kites, when they do soar very high and much to lessening themselves,
making many plains to and agin, foreshows hot weather, and that the lower ..."
6. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1897)
"This prophet, like the others, under a figure foreshows the great founder and
ruler of our second state, and foreshows also its constitution. ..."
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