Definition of Foreshadow

1. Verb. Indicate by signs. "These signs bode bad news"


Definition of Foreshadow

1. v. t. To shadow or typi&?;y beforehand; to prefigure.

Definition of Foreshadow

1. Verb. (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

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Definition of Foreshadow

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreshadow

foreseeability
foreseeable
foreseeably
foreseeing
foreseeingly
foreseen
foreseer
foreseers
foresees
foreseize
foreseized
foreseizing
foresend
foreset
foresetting
foreshadow (current term)
foreshadowed
foreshadower
foreshadowers
foreshadowing
foreshadowings
foreshadows
foreshame
foreshank
foreshanks
foreshape
foresheet
foresheets
foreshew
foreshewed

Literary usage of Foreshadow

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

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... appeal through the medium of verse to the highest instincts of her race, to recall to them their sublime history, and to foreshadow a glorious future. ..."

2. Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes, Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1892)
"... that some of the higher Protozoa foreshadow this state of matters in forming cell-colonies, it must now be noted that the cells composing such colonies ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1854)
"... induced some subscribers to ask for more information which it seemed to foreshadow ; we therefore present the following general instructions. ..."

4. The Theological and Literary Journal (1856)
"... of all beings and all departments of human life, and all varieties of human productions, •which can be made to represent the truths it would foreshadow. ..."

5. The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror by Charles Eugene Banks, Opie Percival Read (1906)
"CHAPTER XXV VOLCANIC UPHEAVAL IN ITALY The Eruption of Vesuvius of April, 1906, Destructive to Life and Property—Calabrian Earthquakes foreshadow the ..."

6. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography, with Portrait by Parker McCobb Reed (1882)
"With eminent success in his profession while still young, it is easy to foreshadow the future of his career. GEORGE CLINTON TEALL, Eau Claire, ..."

7. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1871)
"... that the presence of large quantities of ozone (which can easily be ascertained by ozone test-paper*) foreshadow an impending atmospheric Storni. ..."

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