forewatch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A foreward positioned guard or sentry; vanguard
Example Sentences
- "Ah! vanity is all to him who knows (Well warn'd by this!) his day's a fleeting cloud! —'Tis sacred wisdom to forewatch the close! To eye each hour—the Coffin and the Shroud!"
- "To learn, to know, how energies may pass / I would forewatch the waters near the moon / To spell the tidal change — and feel it chance [...]"
- "The spring-tight coil of days unrolls for them, / Their little and deep long eyes forewatch the dead — / The mouse-eyed Fates can number the known times / He will remember this, the thing unsaid."
- "The forewatch on the Trident called out, "Ho! Pharos ahead!" Straining his eyes, Pilate could see only a tiny blemish of luminous orange on the southeastern horizon."
- "It was the forewatch who spotted it first bearing down from the front. They were under attack!"
- "Jason takes the forewatches — 6 to noon, 6 to midnight — and Jimmy takes the afterwatches."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
forewatches (present, singular)
forewatching (participle, present)
forewatched (participle, past)
forewatched (past)
forewatches (plural)
Derived Forms
forewatched