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(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict. / (transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.

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foreshow

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɔːˈʃəʊ/

archaic transitive obsolete

(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict. / (transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.

Japanese Meaning

前もって示す / 前もって予言する / 前兆を示す / 先立って暗示する

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In the old chronicles, the seer would foreshow omens of coming wars.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い年代記には、占者が来たる戦争の前兆を前もって示していた。

Sense（1）

(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.

But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

foreshows

（ present singular third-person ）

foreshowing

（ participle present ）

foreshowed

（ past ）

foreshown

（ participle past ）

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