[f. FORE- pref. + LOOK sb.; cf. next.] a. A look forward (obs. exc. U.S.) † b. The habit or power of looking forward; Foresight, providence.

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1357.  Lay Folks Catech., 143.

        The saule with the godhede went untill hell,
And heried it, and toke oute thas that wer his,
Als Adam and Eue, and othir forme-fadirs
Whilke he in his forloke wold that wer saued.

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c. 1420.  Sir Amadas (Weber), 373.

        Ther Y had an hondorthe marke of rent;
Y spentte hit all in lyghtte atent,
  Of suche forlok was Y.

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1583.  Golding, Calvin on Deut. cxc. 1181. It is to be concluded then, that Moses had a further forelook.

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1882.  E. P. Goodwin, Serm. bef. Amer. Bd. Comm. For. Missions (1883), 7. Henceforth the gospel was to be preached to all men everywhere, and preached with equal pledge of deliverance, certainty of heirship, forelook of triumph to all who would receive it.

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1883.  Hale, Christm. in Palace, viii. 192. She had a week’s provant in the house, and that was a very long forelook for her.

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