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foresing

verb

To sing beforehand or in advance.

Scrabble 12

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Meanings

verbforesing (third-person singular simple present foresings, present participle foresinging, simple past foresang, past participle foresung)

present singular third person foresings · participle present foresinging · past foresang · participle past foresung

transitiveTo sing beforehand or in advance.
They whispered like the windy river-reeds In thoughts that rise far under heights of Heaven — Did they foresing to Heaven of this day ?
1912, Isabella Fiske Conant, Gabriel: A Pageant of Vigil
2 more examples
Jacob with the patriarchs (Himself their patriarch) through all his own Life's space the gladdest times of Christ foresang By words, act, virtue, toil.
1870, Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson, Ante-Nicene Christian Library
God grant that I as thou May still at heart have Spring, Still may the fair To-be feel through the niggard Now And in the Winter-night the summer-day foresing!
1908, John Payne, Carol and Cadence: New Poems

Origin

From fore- + sing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Fergison foresign

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APA

foresing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresing

MLA

“foresing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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

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