Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + SHOW sb.] A manifestation beforehand; a previous indication or token; a prefiguration.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Mark iii. 35. For here was made a foreshewe of the churche, that should be gathered together of the Gentiles, because the synagoge did through her vnbeliefe, repell ye Gospel.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XIII. liv. 245.
| With vermile drops at eau’n his tresses bleed, | |
| Foreshowes of future heat. |
1603. Florio, Montaigne, I. xxv. (1632), 69. The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so vncertaine, their humours so variable, their promises so changing, their hopes so false, and their proceedings so doubtfull, that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement, or assured successe vpon them.
