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forefeel

American  
[fawr-feel, fohr-, fawr-feel, fohr-] / fɔrˈfil, foʊr-, ˈfɔrˌfil, ˈfoʊr- /

verb (used with object)

forefelt, forefeeling

  1. to feel or perceive beforehand; have a presentiment of.

noun

  1. a feeling beforehand.

Etymology

Origin of forefeel

First recorded in 1570–80; fore- + feel

Example Sentences

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He can be pleased with a literary career, which brought him in youth the heady "forefeel of fame" and later allowed him to strut as "a fat, famous writer in his powerful forties."

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of our most serious mistakes in life arise from our inability to imagine the consequences of our actions and to forefeel how these consequences will affect us.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus

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