▪ I. forewarning, vbl. n.
(fɔəˈwɔːnɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
A warning beforehand.
| 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark i. 15 To geue them forewarning y{supt} Messias & the kyngdome of God were at hand. 1570 Dee Math. Pref. 1 They had no forwarnyng and information..whereto his doctrine tended. 1659 Milton Civ. Power Wks. (1851) 323 That wise forewarning of Gamaliel. 1848 Lytton Harold viii. iv, Edward's sinister forewarnings. |
▪ II. foreˈwarning, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That forewarns, in senses of the vb.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 193 My presignificant speach, and forewarning watchwordes, were counted unworthy credite. 1591 Lambarde Archeion (1635) 181 These offences might be made exemplary, and forwarning to other men. 1852 Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xl. 348 Tom heard the message with a forewarning heart. |
Hence foreˈwarningly adv.
| 1839 Bailey Festus (1848) 43/1 As sings the swan with parting breath, So I to thee..Forewarningly. |