forehalsen

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verb

To presage; predict.

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Meanings

verbforehalsen (third-person singular simple present forehalsens, present participle forehalsening, simple past and past participle forehalsened)

present singular third person forehalsens · participle present forehalsening · participle past forehalsened · past forehalsened

  1. archaicraretransitiveTo presage; predict.

    "[…] One day, perhaps, my pen forehalsening Will dare what now of thee 'tis purposing."

    1899, Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne, The World's Great Classics

Origin

From fore- + halsen.

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APA

forehalsen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forehalsen

MLA

“forehalsen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forehalsen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forehalsen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forehalsen.

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