† fore-ˈgive, v. Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + give v. Cf. misgive.]
intr. To have a foreboding, anticipate.
1600 Holland Livy xxv. xxxv. (1609) 575 As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand [L. præsagientibus] when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them. |