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Definition of Foreboder
1. n. One who forebodes.
Definition of Foreboder
1. Noun. (archaic) an oracle; one who tells the future. ¹
2. Noun. Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foreboder
1. one that forebodes [n -S] - See also: forebodes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreboder
Literary usage of Foreboder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Behint the Chicken cavie : . The Jolty Beggars. R. VU. foreboder. And be an ill
foreboder ; ... Extent. ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"To prognosticate; to foretell; to foreknow ; to feel a secret sense of something
future with a mixture of dread and apprehension : foreboder is a soothsayer ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... the whole length of a ship. To FOREARM, (fore-arm') va To provide for attack
or resistance before the time of need. foreboder, (fore-bode'-er) n.«. ..."
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