† foreˈhalsen, v. Obs. rare.
[f. fore- prefix + halsen v.]
trans. (absol.) To presage.
| 1594 Carew Tasso i. iv, One day perhaps, my pen fore⁓halsening Will dare, what now of thee tis purposing. 1602 ― Cornwall 124 b, A fore-halsening of this rebellion. |