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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
foreshew .
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Examples
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The cat, by washing her face, and putting her foot over her ear, foreshews rain.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions Samuel Felton
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Anselm: For in permitting His flesh to suffer that which properly pertains to flesh, He foreshews His passion.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Hom., lix: This does not subvert the liberty of the will, or impose a necessity of any act, but foreshews what must come to pass.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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: And in calling it blood, He foreshews His Passion, "My blood
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Cæsar_, which North in the margin entitles "Predictions and foreshews of Cæsar's death": "Certainly destiny may easier be foreseen than avoided, considering the strange and wonderful signs that were said to be seen before Cæsar's death.
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar William Shakespeare 1590
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