noun
Meaning 1
A scent that indicates something in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
forescent
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/ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/
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/ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌsɛnt/
verb
Meaning 2
To detect the scent of (something) before it is present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To detect or become aware of (something) in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- 1872, Henry Norman Hudson, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters, Boston: Ginn & Company, Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 462, the sagacity with which Iago feels and forescents his way into Roderigo
- 1915, Frederick Goodyear, letter to F.W. Leith Ross in Letters and Remains: 1887-1917, London: McBride, Nast, 1920, p. 94, Possibly we instinctively forescented the war.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anticipate, foresee
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From fore- + scent.