[f. FORE- pref. + TYPE sb.] = ANTETYPE.
1848. Lytton, Harold, XI. vi. New laurels, blood-stained, new treasures, sword-won, awaited him in Sicily; and thence, rough foretype of the coming crusader, he passed on to Jerusalem.
1864. A. Leighton, in Reader, 23 July, 97/2. That is the very face of Mr Napier,—the high nose especially,—and as for the eyes, with that unmistakeable cast, why, I have seen their foretypes in the head of John Napier a hundred times.
