rare. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To be a foretype of; to prefigure.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Maidens Blush, 409.
A Day full oft to be fore-typt, fore-told, | |
Fore-promised by by Prophets manifold. |
1839. Bailey, Festus (1848), 32/2.
O Thou! Whom all the faiths and creeds, and rites of old | |
As now and ever, to the end of Time, | |
In precognition of eternal truth | |
Foreshadowed and foretyped, hear Thou, Heaven-throned! |