▪ I. forecasting, vbl. n.
(fɔəˈkɑːstɪŋ, -æ-, ˈfɔə-)
[f. forecast v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. forecast.
| 1388 Wyclif Job xxxiv. 27 Whiche ȝeden awei fro hym bi castyng afore [v.r. fore castynge: Vulg. de industria]. a 1529 Skelton Sp. Parrot 457 So myche forcastyng. 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV (an. 11) 224 His besy divises, and pollitique forcastynges. 1829 Carlyle Misc. (1857) II 86 The forecasting of the most indubitable Seer. 1842 Manning Serm. (1848) I. xxiv. 350 All feelings, all cares, all forecastings. |
▪ II. forecasting, ppl. a.
(fɔəˈkɑːstɪŋ, -æ-, ˈfɔə-)
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That forecasts, in senses of the vb.
| 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. IV (an. 1) 13 By his prudent and forecastyng councell. 1622 Bacon Hen. VII, 5 Being..not very apprehensiue or forecasting of future Euents. 1688 Boyle Final Causes Nat. Things iv. 166 A forecasting, as well as a designing, agent. 1807 Scott Lett. 15 May, Your Ladyship will..commend my early and fore-casting prudence in this matter. 1856 Lever Martins of Cro' M. 296 Dreamy, projective and forecasting existence. |
Hence foreˈcastingly adv.
| 1548 Thomas Ital. Gram. (1567), Prouidamente, wisely or forecastyngly. 1677 Miege Eng.-Fr. Dict., Forecastingly, avec prevoiance. 1860 All Year Round No. 39. 299 Enmities had to be forecastingly provided against. |