foretaste

[n. fawr-teyst, fohr-; v. fawr-teyst, fohr-] Origin

fore·taste

[n. fawr-teyst, fohr-; v. fawr-teyst, fohr-] noun, verb, fore·tast·ed, fore·tast·ing.
noun
1.
a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.
verb (used with object)
2.
to have some advance experience or knowledge of (something to come).

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English fortaste. See fore-, taste
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foretaste
 
n
1.  an early but limited experience or awareness of something to come
 
vb
2.  (tr) to have a foretaste of

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foretaste
early 15c., from fore- + taste. As a verb, from mid-15c.
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