forescent

== English == === Etymology === From fore- +‎ scent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (verb) /ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈsɛnt/ IPA(key): (noun) /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌsɛnt/ === Verb === forescent (third-person singular simple present forescents, present participle forescenting, simple past and past participle forescented) To detect the scent of (something) before it is present. (figuratively) To detect or become aware of (something) in advance. Synonyms: anticipate, foresee 1872, Henry Norman Hudson, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters, Boston: Ginn & Company, Othello, the Moor of Venice, p. 462,[3] the sagacity with which Iago feels and forescents his way into Roderigo 1915, Frederick Goodyear, letter to F.W. Leith Ross in Letters and Remains: 1887-1917, London: McBride, Nast, 1920, p. 94,[4] Possibly we instinctively forescented the war. === Noun === forescent (plural forescents) A scent that indicates something in advance. Coordinate term: afterscent === Anagrams === enforcest, net forces