foresing

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ sing.

Verb

foresing (third-person singular simple present foresings, present participle foresinging, simple past foresang, past participle foresung)

1. (transitive) To sing beforehand or in advance.
   • 1870, Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson, Ante-Nicene Christian Library:

     Jacob with the patriarchs (Himself their patriarch) through all his own Life's space the gladdest times of Christ foresang By words, act, virtue, toil.

   • 1908, John Payne, Carol and Cadence: New Poems:

     God grant that I as thou May still at heart have Spring, Still may the fair To-be feel through the niggard Now And in the Winter-night the summer-day foresing!

   • 1912, Isabella Fiske Conant, Gabriel: A Pageant of Vigil:

     They whispered like the windy river-reeds In thoughts that rise far under heights of Heaven — Did they foresing to Heaven of this day ?

Related terms

• besing

Anagrams

• Rengifos, foreigns, foresign