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foreshadower

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fore⋅shad⋅ow

  [fawr-shad-oh, fohr-]
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–verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
Origin:
1570–80; fore- + shadow

Related forms:
fore⋅shad⋅ow⋅er, noun
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fore·shad·ow   (fôr-shād'ō, fōr-)   
tr.v.   fore·shad·owed, fore·shad·ow·ing, fore·shad·ows
To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage.
fore·shad'ow·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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