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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORESHOW, v.t.
1. To show beforehand; to prognosticate.
Next, like aurora, Spenser rose, whose purple blush the day foreshows.
2. To predict; to foretell
3. To represent beforehand, or before it comes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: foretell by divine inspiration

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (past part. -shown) 1 foretell. 2 foreshadow, portend, prefigure.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Foreshow Fore*show", v. t. [AS. foresce['a]wian to foresee, provide; fore + sce['a]wian to see. See Show, v. t.] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. --Shak. Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day foreshows. --Denham.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Predict, foretell, forebode, prophesy.

Moby Thesaurus

adumbrate, auspicate, betoken, bode, forebode, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, harbinger, have a hunch, have an intimation, herald, omen, portend, predict, preindicate, presage, promise, shadow, shadow forth