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foreglimpse

American  
[fawr-glimps, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌglɪmps, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

  1. a revelation or glimpse of the future.


Etymology

Origin of foreglimpse

First recorded in 1890–95; fore- + glimpse

Example Sentences

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Breathing hard with excitement he turned and laid his back against the panels, trembling in every muscle, terrified by the result of his impulsive audacity, thunder-struck by a lightning-like foreglimpse of its possible consequences.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

But it annoyed him to find that his own explanations were always falsified by the event, while Cosmo Versál seemed to have a superhuman foreglimpse of whatever happened.

From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman

Mr. Wild is a sort of foreglimpse of the Sherlock Holmes-Raffles of our own day.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard

My mind's eye presented me with a swift foreglimpse of Donna, her hair stuck into thick strands, her face covered by whipped cream and a blissful expression.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy