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  • 21foreshew — transitive verb see ↑foreshow below • • • Main Entry: ↑fore foreshow or foreshew /fōr shōˈ or för / transitive verb (pat foreshowed or foreshewedˈ / shōdˈ/; pap foreshown or foreshewn / shōnˈ/, also (Spenser) …

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  • 22Abode — A*bode , v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23Augur — Au gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate, to… …

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  • 24Augured — Augur Au gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate, to… …

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  • 25Auguring — Augur Au gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate, to… …

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  • 26Auspicate — Aus pi*cate, v. t. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before… …

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  • 27Be ready — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stood} (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Standing}.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae,… …

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  • 28Belomancy — Bel o*man cy, n. [Gr. ?; ? arrow + ? a diviner: cf. F. b[ e]lomancie.] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.… …

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  • 29Betoken — Be*to ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. [1913 Webster] A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new.… …

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  • 30Betokened — Betoken Be*to ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. [1913 Webster] A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant …

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