forelook

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forelook

/fɔɹˈlʊk/
/ˈfɔɹlʊk/

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From Middle English vorloken, forluken, equivalent to fore- + look.

verb forelooks · forelooking · forelooked

To look beforehand, to preview.
To look forward.

noun forelooks

A preview. [T]o do one's best on Sunday to interweave that thought with the active life of an active town, and to inspirit both and make both infinite by glimpses of the Eternal Glory, seemed such an exquisite forelook into one's life! . . . If this vision could only have lasted.
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@misc{forelook_2026,
  title = {forelook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forelook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}