▪ I. forelook, n.
(ˈfɔəlʊk)
[f. fore- prefix + look n.; cf. next.]
a. A look forward (obs. exc. U.S.) † b. The habit or power of looking forward; Foresight, providence.
| 1357 Lay Folks Catech. 143 The saule..went untill hell and toke oute thas..Whilke he in his forloke wold that wer saued. c 1420 Sir Amadas (Weber) 373 Ther Y had an hondorthe marke of rent; Y spentte hit all in lyghtte atent, Of suche forlok was Y. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. cxc. 1181 It is to be concluded then, that Moses had a further forelook. 1882 E. P. Goodwin Serm. bef. Amer. Bd. Comm. For. Missions 7 The gospel was to be preached..with equal..forelook of triumph to all who would receive it. 1883 Hale Christm. in Palace viii. 192 She had a week's provant in the house; and that was a very long forelook for her. |
▪ II. forelook, v.
(fɔəˈlʊk)
Also for-.
[f. fore- prefix + look v. (In sense 3 perh. f. for- prefix1).]
1. trans. To look at or see ahead or beforehand, foresee; to watch over. Also refl.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 8211 (Cott.) Godd..þat all for-lokes in his sight. c 1300 Ibid. 28056 (Cott. Galba) Ilk man suld him forloke..þat his conciens be clene. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1946 Na man..can þe tyme of þe dede forluke. |
2. intr. To look ahead or forward.
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 551 He shall dylygentlye fore⁓loke and see that Goddys wylle be done. 1603 B. Jonson King's Entertainm. 19 Wks. (Rtldg.) 529/2 Then did I forelook, And saw this day mark'd white in Clotho's book. 1847 Emerson Poems (1857) 146 The World-soul knows his own affair, Forelooking, when he would prepare For the next ages. |
† 3. To bewitch by a look. Cf. overlook. Obs.
| 1596 Thomas Ital. Dict. (1606), Fascino, to bewitch..to forelooke. 1611 Cotgr., Ensorceler..To charme..fore⁓looke, eye-bite. |
Hence foreˈlooking ppl. a. Also foreˈlooker, one who forelooks.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. iii. 34 God is the forlookere [Vulg. prospector] of hym that ȝeldeth grace. Ibid. xi. 32 As the forlookere seende the falling of his neȝhebore. 1870 Emerson Soc. & Solit. vi. 118 A forelooking tenderness. |