foretaste
Collocations
2VERB + FORETASTE
gives, parting
FORETASTE + NOUN
death, musick
Definitions
noun
A taste beforehand.
A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.
When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
verb
To taste beforehand.
To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
To taste before another.
[...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
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3When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her
Wiktionary[...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
WiktionaryEvery parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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