forewish

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verb

To wish or desire beforehand.

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Meanings

verbforewish (third-person singular simple present forewishes, present participle forewishing, simple past and past participle forewished)

present singular third person forewishes · participle present forewishing · participle past forewished · past forewished

  1. transitiveTo wish or desire beforehand.

    […] as in a contest one has with an enemy, by desiring he forewishes a victory still distant from him by an intervening time.

    1989, Léon Baudry, The quarrel over future contingents (Louvain, 1465-1475)
    1 more example

    Events were soon to prove false those predictions of catastrophe, predictions of a fate that was forewished rather than foreseen.

    1955, William White Craik, Bryn Roberts and the National Union of Public Employees

Origin

From fore- + wish.

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APA

forewish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forewish

MLA

“forewish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forewish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forewish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forewish.

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