transitive verb
-·showed′, -·shown′ or -·showed′, -·show′ing to show or indicate beforehand; foretell; prefigure
Origin of foreshow
Middle English foreshewen from Old English foresceawianforeshow
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foreshow
transitive verb
fore·showed, fore·shown, or fore·showed fore·show·ing, fore·showsTo show in advance; prefigure.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present foreshows, present participle foreshowing, simple past foreshowed, past participle foreshown)
Origin
From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.
Origin
From fore- + show.
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