foremost 
His | Warren Hastings'*] first design was on Benares a 
cit.v which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity was 
among the foremost in Asia. Mwiiuluti, Wanvn Eanlngi. 
Head foremost. See lie ad. To put one's best foot 
foremost. See /oof. 
foremostlyt (for'most-li), uilr. In the foremost 
place or order; among the foremost. 
But when he saw his daughter dear 
Coming on muatforeiiwxtly, 
He wrung his hands and tore Ills hair, 
And oryed out most piteously. 
Jfphtltah Judge of Israel (farcy's Keliques, p. 115). 
foremother (for'muTH'er), n. A female ances- 
tor. [Bare.] 
It was the modesty and humility of some of ycmr fore- 
mothers not to seat themselves in the church before they 
had performed a reverent respect to the minister then of- 
ficiating. Prideaux. 
forenH. Preterit plural and past participle of 
farei. 
foren 2 t, a. and n. An obsolete (Middle Eng- 
lish) form of foreign. 
forename (for'nam), . [= D. roornaam = Or. 
vorname = Dan. fornavn = Sw. fornamn; as 
fore-* + name. Cf. prenomen.] A name that 
precedes the family name or surname ; a pre- 
nomen. 
His sonne, carrying the same/ore-nanu, not degenerat- 
ing from his father, lived in high honour. 
Holland, tr. of Camden's Britain, p. 320. 
forenamed (for'namd), a. Named or nominat- 
ed before ; mentioned before in the same writ- 
ing or discourse. 
forenenst (for-nensf ), prep. [Also written for- 
nenst, formerly fornens,fornentis, etc., the same 
with orig. adv. gen. suffix -es, -is, -st, etc., as 
"forenent, < foreanent: see foreanent.] Over 
against; opposite to. [Scotch and Eng. dial.] 
The land/orairot the Oreeklsh shore he held 
From Sangar's mouth to crook'd Meander's fall. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, ix. 4. 
fore-nesst, [</orc-i + ness.] A headland. 
With us in our language, For-neste and Foreland is all 
one with the Latine Promontorium anterius (that U a 
Fore-promontory). 
Holland, tr. of Camden's Britain, p. 754. 
forenight (for'nit), n. The early part of the 
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For every unexcused omission of i forensic or of read- 
ing t/omufc, a deduction shall be made of the highest 
number uf marks to which that exercise is entitled. 
Linn tif Harvard L'nieenily, 1848. 
forensical (fo-ren'si-kal), a. [< forensic + -a/.] 
Same as forensic. 
forensivet, [< forens-ic + -ive.] Forensic. 
One thing remains that is purely of episcopal discharge 
which I will salute and go by, before I look upon his/o- 
rentne or political transactions. 
Bp. Hocket, Abp. Williams, i. 97. 
foreordain (for-6r-dan'), v. t. To ordain or 
appoint beforehand; preordain; predestinate; 
predetermine. 
Christ, . . . who verily was/oreordntncdbeforethefoun- 
dation of the world, but was manifest in these last times 
for y- 1 Pet. i. 19, 20. 
= Syn. See predestinate. 
foreorder (for-6r'der), i: t. To order or ordain 
beforehand ; foreordain. 
That unspeakable Providence therefore foreordered two 
ends to be pursued by man : to wit, beatitude in this life 
. . . and the beatitude of life eternal. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 87. 
foreordinate (for-6r'di-nat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
foreordinated, ppr.foreordinating. [<fore-f+ 
ordinate, v. t.] To foreordain. ' [Rare.] 
foreordination (for-or-di-na'shon), . [ < fore- 
ordinate."] Previous ordination or appointment; 
predetermination ; predestination, 
forepart (for'part), n. [</ore-i +j>art. Cf. 
foreparty.] The fore, front, or forward part. 
[More properly written as two words.] 
Two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and Bhalt put 
them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward 
ttie forepart thereof. Ex. xxviii. 27. 
And falling into a place where two seas met they ran 
the ship aground ; and the forepart stuck fast, and re- 
mained uumoveable. Acts rxvii. 41. 
The house . . . endued with a new fashion forepart. 
Middle/on, Michaelmas Term, i. 1. 
forepart-iron (for'part-i'ern), n. A rubber or 
burnisher for finishing the edges of soles of 
boots and shoes. 
forepartyt, n. [ME. ; < fore-i + party, part : see 
part.] The fore part. 
forerun 
The testimony, either of the ancient fathers or of other 
classical divines, may be clearly and abundantly answered, 
to the satisfaction of any rational man not extremely fore- 
possessed with prejudice. Up. Sanderson. 
forepost (for'post), n. Ail advanced post ; an 
outpost. 
I had been reconnoitring about the Plevna forepost line 
trying to form some beforehand estimate for the chances 
for that renewed assault which was expected to be made 
before the end of the month. 
Arch. Furoea, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 131. 
fore-predicamentt (for'pre-dik'a-ment), n. 
Same as aiitepredicament. 
f'ore-predicamenti be certayne definitions, divisions, 
and rules, taught by Aristotle before the predicaments 
for the better understanding of the same. 
Bhmderille, Arte of Logicke (1599), i. 7. 
night, from dark until bedtime; evening 
[Scotch.] 
Much rustic merriment at the farmers ingle cheek, dur- 
ing the lang/ore-Hj;A( o' winter. 
Dumfries Courier, Sept., 1823. 
forenoon (for'non'), . and a. I. n. The period 
of daylight before noon ; the day from sunrise to 
noon ; the morning ; in a restricted sense, the 
latter part of the morning, especially that part 
of it which is ordinarily employed in transact- 
ing business. 
And spent that fore noone there in prayers and deuocion 
and retrained to the Hospytall to our dyner. 
Sir S. Guy(forde, Pylgrymage, p. 35. 
II. a. (for'non). Pertaining to, occurring in, 
or connected with that part of the day before 
noon : as, a forenoon visit. 
Then out and spak the forenoon bride, 
" My lord, your love it changeth soon." 
Young Beichan and Susie Pye (Child's Ballads, IV. 9). 
How lovely robed in/ornoo>i light and shade, 
Each ministering to each, didst thou appear 
Savona, Queen of territory fair! 
Wordsworth, Near Aquapendente. 
forenotice (for'no-tis), . Notice or informa- 
tion of an event before it happens, 
forensal (fo-ren'sal), a. [<forens-ic + -al] 
Same a,s forensic. 
forensic (fo-ren'sik), a. and n. [< Ij.forensis, 
of or belonging to the market-place or forum, 
public, < forum, the market-place, forum : see 
forum.] I. a. 1. Belonging to courts of law 
or to public discussion and debate ; pertaining 
to or used in courts or legal proceedings, or in 
public discussions; appropriate to argument: 
as, a, forensic term ; forensic eloquence or dis- 
putes. 
His [name], that seraphs tremble at, is hung 
Disgracefully on ev'ry trifler's tongue, 
Or serves the champion in forensic war 
To flourish and parade with at the bar. 
Coioper, Expostulation, 1. 664. 
His eloquence had not the character and fashion of fo- 
rensic efforts. Sumner, Speech, Cambridge, Aug. 27, 1846. 
2. Adapted or fitted for legal argumentation : 
as, his mind was forensic rather than judicial. 
Forensic day, in some colleges, a day on which public de- 
bates between students selected for the exercise are held 
Forensic medicine, the science which applies the prin- 
ciples and practice of the different branches of medicine 
to the elucidation of doubtful questions in a court of jus- 
tice; medical jurisprudence ; medicolegal science. 
II. n. In certain colleges, as Harvard, a writ- 
ten argument ; also, in others, a spoken argu- 
ment. 
Foreparty of the hede, sinciput. 
Old Eny. Vocab. (ed. Wright, Wiilcher), 1. 188. 
fore-passage (for'pas'aj), n. Naut. : (a) A pas- 
sage leading to the forepeak. (6) A passage 
leading from the hatchway to the forward mag- 
azine. 
forepastt (for-pasf), a. [Also written fore- 
passed; < fore-i + past, passed, pp. of pass.] 
Past or having existed before a certain time ; 
former : as, forepast sins. 
He did greatly repent him of hiiforepassed folly. 
Greene, Pandosto, or the Triumph of Time. 
We must trust God, who can and will provide as wise 
and righteous judgment for his people in time to come, as 
in the present orforepassed times. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 68. 
forepayment (for'pa'ment), n. Payment be- 
forehand; prepayment." 
I had 100 of him m forepayment for the first edition of 
Espriella, Southey. 
forepeak (for'pek), n. Naut., the extreme for- 
ward part of the forehold, in the angle formed 
by the bow. 
Many plans for stopping the leak [in the Polaris] were 
tried without success ; Chester and the carpenter went 
down into theforepealc, and worked in vain at it several 
hours. C. F. Hall, Polar Exp. in Polaris (1876), p. 419. 
fore-piece (for'pes), . The flap or dress-guard 
at the front of a side-saddle. 
foreplan (for-plan'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. fore- 
planned, ppr. f preplanning. To devise before- 
hand. 
She had learut very little more than what had been 
already foreseen and foreplanned in her own mind. 
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, xxxviii. 
fore-plane (for'plan), w. In carp., a plane in- 
termediate in length and use between the jack- 
plane and the smoothing-plane. See plane. 
E. H. Knight. 
fore-plate (for'plat), n. In puddling iron, a 
shelf or rest in front of the roughing-rolls for 
receiving the bloom as it comes from the 
squeezer or hammer. See puddle and shingle. 
forepoint (for-poinf), v. t. and i. To point for- 
ward (to) ; foreshadow. 
This (&sforepointiny to a storme that was gathering on 
that coast) began the first difference with the French na- 
tion - Daniel, Hist. Eng., p. 10. 
Heaven's great hand, that on record 
Fore-points the equal union of all hearts, 
Long since decreed what this day hath been perfected. 
Middleton, Spanish Gypsy, v. 1. 
forepossessedt (for-pp-zesf), a. 1. Formerly 
held in possession. '2. Preoccupied; prepos- 
sessed; preengaged. 
foreprizet (for-priz'), v. t. To prize or rate be- 
forehand. [Rare.] 
God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and 
hath therein precisely defined a well that which every 
man must perform as that which no man may attempt. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 71. 
forequotet,". t. To quote previously or before- 
hand. 
As publik and autentik Howies fore-quoting 
Confusedly th' Euents most worthy noting 
111 His deer Church (His Darling and Delight) 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. 
foreran. Preterit of forerun. 
forereach (for-rech'), v. I. intrans. Naut., to 
glide ahead, especially when going in stays; 
gain ground in tacking: used with on: as, we 
forereached on her. 
II. trans. Naut., to gain upon; sail beyond; 
overhaul and pass. 
forereadt(for-red'),t>.r. 1. To betoken before- 
hand. 2. To predestine. 
Had fate fore-read me in a crowd to die, 
To be made adder-deaf with pippin-cry. 
Fiti-Geofrey. 
fore-rent (for'rent), . In Scotland, rent pay- 
able by a tenant six months after entry, or be- 
fore he has reaped the first crop ; rent paid in 
advance. See back-rent. 
fore-resemblet (for-re-zem'bl), v. t. To prefig- 
ure. 
He stiffly argues that Christ, being as well King as Priest 
was as well fore-resembled by the Kings then as by the 
high Priest. Milton, Church-Government, i. 6. 
forerightt (for'rit), a. [</orei, adv., + right, a. 
Cf. forthright.] 1. Straightforward ; favorable ; 
fair, as a wind. 
Thou shall repair all ; 
For to thy fleet I'll give a. fore-right wind 
To pass the Persian Gulf. 
Fletcher (and another 1), Prophetess, iv. 1. 
Their sails spread forth, and with & fore-right gale 
Leaving our coast. Massinger, Kenegado, v. 8. 
2. Straightforward ; abrupt ; blunt ; bold. 
South. 
forerightt (for'rit), adv. [< /ore-i + righ t,adv.] 
Straight forward ; right on ; onward. 
Walk on in the middle way, fore-right, turn neither to 
the right hand nor to the left. 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, ill. 1. 
Can you go back? is there a safety left yet, 
Hut fore-right! is not ruin round about you? 
Beau, and PL, Knight of Malta, Ii. 3. 
forerightt (for'rit), . [< /ore-i + right, n.] 
In early feudal law, the preference (of an elder 
son or brother) in inheritance ; the right of pri- 
mogeniture. 
The introduction of Tanistry, the date of which is not 
known, like the foreright of the eldest son under feudal 
law, seems to have led, at least in appearance, to the same 
fiction as in feudal law, that all lands were holden either 
mediately or immediately of the king. 
W. K. Sullivan, Int. to O'Curry's Anc. Irish, p. clxixv. 
fore-room (fdr'rom), n. A front room in a 
house, used for the reception of visitors; a 
parlor. [Provincial.] 
Into this hall opened the parlor, or, as it was usually 
called, the fore-room a severe and awful chamber, dedi- 
cated principally to funerals and calls from "the pastor." 
The Desmond Hundred, i. 
forerun (for-run'), v. t. ; pret. foreran, pp. fore- 
run, ppr. forerunning. [< fore- 1 + run.] 1. To 
run before ; have the start of. 
Forerun thy peers, thy time, and let 
Thy feet, millenniums hence, be set 
In midst of knowledge dream'd not yet. 
Tennyson, Two Voices. 
2. To come before ; precede as an earnest of 
something to follow ; announce or betoken in 
advance ; usher in. 
If I should write to you of all things which promiscu- 
ously forerune our ruiue, I should over charge my weake 
head. 
Cuihman, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 73. 
A quickening hope, a freshening glee, 
Foreran the expected Power. 
Wordsworth, Ode Composed on May Morning. 
