foresing en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + sing.
Meanings
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(transitive) To sing beforehand or in advance.
God grant that I as thou May still at heart have Spring, Still may the fair To-be feel through the niggard Now And in the Winter-night the summer-day foresing!
1908, John Payne, Carol and Cadence: New Poems:They whispered like the windy river-reeds In thoughts that rise far under heights of Heaven — Did they foresing to Heaven of this day ?
1912, Isabella Fiske Conant, Gabriel: A Pageant of Vigil:Jacob with the patriarchs (Himself their patriarch) through all his own Life's space the gladdest times of Christ foresang By words, act, virtue, toil.
1870, Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson, Ante-Nicene Christian Library:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foresinging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foresang | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| foresung | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foresings | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |