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Webster 1913 Edition
Foretaste
Fore′tasteˊ
,Noun.
A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Fore-taste′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
2.
To taste before another.
“Foretasted fruit.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foretaste
FO'RETASTE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
foretaste
foretaste
English
Noun
foretaste (plural foretastes)
- A taste beforehand.
- A sample taken in anticipation; enjoyment taken in advance.
Synonyms
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Translations
taste taken in advance
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Verb
foretaste (third-person singular simple present foretastes, present participle foretasting, simple past and past participle foretasted)
- (transitive) To taste beforehand.
- (transitive) To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
- (transitive) To taste before another.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise lost:
- [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise lost: