foreshow Meaning, Definition & Usage

Fore*show" transitive verb

Etymology

AS. foresceáwian to foresee, provide; fore + sceáwian to see. See Show, v. t.

Definitions

1. 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.