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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foretaste \Fore"taste`\, n.
     A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Foretaste \Fore*taste"\, v. t.
     1. To taste before full possession; to have previous
        enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To taste before another. "Foretasted fruit." --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foretaste
       n : an early limited awareness of something yet to occur

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "foretaste":
     antepast, anticipate, antipasto, aperitif, appetizer, canape,
     contemplate, envisage, envision, foreglimpse, forerun, foresee,
     forestall, get ahead of, go before, go off half-cocked,
     jump the gun, look ahead, look beyond, look forward to, predict,
     prelibation, see ahead, see beforehand, smorgasbord, whet,
     win the start
  
  

















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