forestating

A stating in advance

Noun

  1. A stating in advance
    • When the forecasts or indications thus published are examined in reference to accuracy of preannouueement of the state of the weather only (not the forestating, as is the custom, the changes of the barometer,...
    • In the next sentence we have an acknowledged parenthesis, a forestating of a logical objection or question: 'There was a succession of days, at all events, when contact with him—and in its immediate effect, as if it...

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of forestate