Definition of Foreswears

1. Verb. (third-person singular of foreswear) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foreswears

1. foreswear [v] - See also: foreswear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreswears

foresting
forestkeeper
forestkeepers
forestland
forestlands
forestless
forestlike
forestomach
forestries
forestry
forests
forestward
foresty
foreswear
foreswearing
foreswears (current term)
foreswore
foresworn
foretake
foretalk
foretaste
foretasted
foretaster
foretasters
foretastes
foretasting
foretaught
foreteach
foreteeth
foretell

Literary usage of Foreswears

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

1. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Hereafter it shall neither swell nor bleed any more than that man's soul shall have mercy, who goes to the Thing and foreswears himself there. ..."

2. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Hereafter it shall neither swell nor bleed any more than that man's soul shall have mercy, who goes to the Thing and foreswears himself there. ..."

3. The Theatre of Tomorrow by Kenneth Macgowan (1921)
"In the days when the Socialist party foreswears Moscow, while it inveighs against the blackest reaction that America has ever known, revolution seems more ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"... foreswears the truths which he preached as the mandates of heaven, but deliberately avers that his perseverance in asserting them is questionable on the ..."

5. London in the Jacobite Times by Doran (John) (1877)
"... out of town for to-morrow and Monday night; and then goes to Greenwich; foreswears conversing with the bloody English, and has taken a French master. ..."

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