foredream
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From fore- + dream.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -iːm
=== Noun ===
foredream (plural foredreams)
a dream dreamt in advance, especially regarding a future condition or event; a hopeful expectation; a hope
1833, The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents Respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, &c, Volume 4:
[…] with its impressive motto, were all subservient to that grave and visioned mood in which the moral thought of this life, and foredream of the next, steal with a luxurious melancholy over the heart.
=== Verb ===
foredream (third-person singular simple present foredreams, present participle foredreaming, simple past and past participle foredreamed or foredreamt)
(transitive) to dream beforehand, especially as a premonition
=== Anagrams ===
forearmed, reformade