foretaste
foretaste is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 32 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
- 2.To taste before another. "Foretasted fruit." Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- antepast
- anticipation
- caution
- conclusion
- expectation
- forecast
- foreknowledge
- foresight
- forethought
- intelligence
- long
- plan
- precognition
- predeliberation
- prejudgment
- prelibation
- prenotion
- preparation
- prescience
- presentiment
- presurmise
- prevision
- prognosis
- prophasis
- prospect
- prospectus
- prospicience
- providence
- prudence
- sagacity
- second
- sight
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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