n. The van; the front. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My foreward shall be drawn out all in length,
Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
We were forewarned of your coming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Forewaste. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Fore + wend. ] To go before. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To wish beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let this forewit guide thy thought. Southwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n.;
n. A preface. Furnvall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Forworn. ] Worn out; wasted; used up. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges. [ 1913 Webster ]
pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]