forewatch

Definitions

To look out for; watch over

transitive

Examples

“Ah! vanity is all to him who knows (Well warn'd by this!) his day's a fleeting cloud! —'Tis sacred wisdom to forewatch the close⟳! To eye each hour—the Coffin and the Shroud!”

“To learn⟳, to know⟳, how energies may pass⟳ / I would forewatch the waters near the moon / To spell⟳ the tidal change⟳ — and feel⟳ it chance [...]”

“The spring-tight coil of days unrolls for them, / Their little and deep long eyes forewatch the dead — / The mouse-eyed Fates can number⟳ the known times / He will remember⟳ this, the thing unsaid.”

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