Meaning of foreread | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To signify beforehand; predict.
   transitive
2. To read beforehand or ahead of time.
   transitive
3. To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
   transitive

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.”

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