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foretaste

American  
[fawr-teyst, fohr-, fawr-teyst, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌteɪst, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈteɪst, foʊr- /

noun

  1. a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.

verb (used with object)

foretasted, foretasting

  1. to have some advance experience or knowledge of (something to come).

foretaste British  

noun

  1. an early but limited experience or awareness of something to come

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verb

  1. (tr) to have a foretaste of

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Etymology

Origin of foretaste

First recorded in 1400–50, foretaste is from the late Middle English word fortaste. See fore-, taste

Example Sentences

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O joy! the dawning sea Answers to the dawning sky, Foretaste of the coming glee When the sun will lord it high!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

Foretaste of Heaven. 1What must it be to dwell above, At God's right hand, where Jesus reigns, Since the sweet earnest of his love O'erwhelms us on these earthly plains!

From Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)

Foretaste, fōr-tāst′, v.t. to taste before possession: to anticipate: to taste before another.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Her Game was to Domesticate him in Advance, and let him have a Foretaste of what it is to be Boss of your own House, except as to the Bills.

From More Fables by Ade, George

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