forefeel

F4O1R1E1F4E1E1L1
UK/fɔː.fiːl/

verb

To feel or perceive beforehand or in advance; to have a presentiment of.

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Meanings

verbforefeel (third-person singular simple present forefeels, present participle forefeeling, simple past and past participle forefelt)

present singular third person forefeels · participle present forefeeling · participle past forefelt · past forefelt · alternative fore-feel

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

    Such a studie was yong Catoes, in fore-feeling his approaching end, who lighting upon Platoes discourse of the soules immortality.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
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    […] as touching most fundamental topics, there had got to be established in him some positive convictions, which he forefelt would abide in him essentially unmodified so long as his intelligent part remained unimpaired.

    1924, Herman Melville, chapter 6, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Origin

From fore- + feel.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forefeel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forefeel.

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