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But a bright destiny was yet in reserve for Quodlibet; and as I propose to unfold some incidents of its history belonging to these later times, I cannot pretermit the opportunity now afforded me to glance, though in a perfunctory and hasty fashion, at some striking events which seemed to presignify and illustrate its marvelously sudden growth.

Presignify, prē-sig′ni-fī, v.t. to signify beforehand.—n.

Antonyms: native, indigene, citizen. foreign word, plant, or custom. exoticism, exotic. foreknowledge, n. prescience. foremilk, n. colostrum. foreordain, v. preordain, predestinate, foredoom, predetermine. foreordination, n. predestination, predetermination. forerun, v. precede, herald. forerunner, n. precursor, harbinger, herald, avant-courier. foreshadow, v. presage, presignify, prognosticate, prefigure, augur. foresight, n. prescience, foreknowledge, prudence. foreskin, n. prepuce.

Associated words: sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, Silenus, hamadryad, glade, reforestize, reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, hag, assart, camass, cruise, cruiser. forestall, v. anticipate; preoccupy, monopolize. foretell, v. predict, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, presage, portend, forebode, bode, divine, foreshadow, presignify. foreteller, a.