foredeem

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foredeem - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Foredeem \Fore*deem"\, v. t.
     To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.]
     --Udall.
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           Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you
           An idle meteor.                          --J. Webster.
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  Foredeem \Fore*deem"\, v. i. [Cf. Foredoom.]
     To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [Obs.]
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           Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past,
           present, and to come.                    --Genevan
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