foresignify
English
Verb
foresignify (third-person singular simple present foresignifies, present participle foresignifying, simple past and past participle foresignified)
- (transitive) To indicate beforehand.
- 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- They oft foresignify and threaten ill
References
- “foresignify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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