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foreshadow

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10 lettersPronunciation /fɔːˈʃædəʊ/Part of speech verbSorted adefhoorswStarts with FEnds with W0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Word origin

The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) + shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb).

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he ceremonies commaunded in the lawe, did foreſhadowe Chriſt.
  • [T]hat the excellency and efficacy of this [Jesus's] death and passion might appear, it was by manifold types foreshadowed, and in divers prophecies foretold.
  • "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said [Ebenezer] Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me!"

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