[f. as prec. + -ING1.] A warning beforehand.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Mark i. 15. To geue them forewarning yt Messias & the kyngdome of God were at hand.
1570. Dee, Math. Pref., 1. They had no forwarnyng and information, in generall, whereto his doctrine tended.
1659. Milton, Civ. Power, Wks. (1851), V. 323. Against that wise forewarning of Gamaliel, fight against God.
1848. Lytton, Harold, VIII. iv. He had been more disturbed than he liked to confess by Edwards sinister forewarnings.