Definition of Foreshowing

1. Verb. (present participle of foreshow) ¹

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Definition of Foreshowing

1. foreshow [v] - See also: foreshow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreshowing

foreships
foreshock
foreshocks
foreshore
foreshores
foreshorten
foreshortened
foreshortening
foreshortenings
foreshortens
foreshot
foreshow
foreshowed
foreshower
foreshowers
foreshowing (current term)
foreshown
foreshows
foreside
foresides
foresight
foresighted
foresightedly
foresightedness
foresightful
foresightfully
foresightfulness
foresightless
foresightlessness
foresightly

Literary usage of Foreshowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1860)
"That were to make the things prophesied, not the events foreshown, but only the symbols or media of foreshowing a still different set of events; ..."

2. Essay Towards a Dictionary, Tibetan and English by Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Saṅs-rgyas-phun-tshogs (1834)
"a foreshowing, prophesying ; aW, a wife. ,J grammar. -^, s. agility, dexterity, activity of body. ..."

3. The Premium Essay on the Characteristics and Laws of Prophetic Symbols by Edward Winthrop (1856)
"4, foreshowing a corresponding pre-millennial resurrection of the saints who are ... 12, 13, foreshowing a corresponding real resurrection of that class at ..."

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