[f. FORECAST v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FORECAST.
1388. Wyclif, Job xxxiv. 27. Whiche ȝeden awei fro hym bi castyng afore [v.r. fore castynge: Vulg. de industria].
a. 1529. Skelton, Sp. Parrot, 457. So myche forcastyng, and so farr an after dele.
1548. Hall, Chron., Edw. IV. (an. 11), 224. His besy divises, and pollitique forcastynges.
1829. Carlyle, Misc. (1857), II. 86. The fresh gaze of the Child is richer in significance than the forecasting of the most indubitable Seer.
1842. Manning, Serm. (1848), I. xxiv. 350. At such a time, all thoughts are absorbed into one; all feelings, all cares, all forecastings; and that one thought and feeling is too great for words.
