forestage noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain. •A preliminary or developmental stage.The formation of exogenous uric acid is largely within our power; the amount can be diminished by limiting the forestages of uric acid-nucleins and purin derivatives—in the food. — 1905 •(UK, historical) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. •(UK, historical) A service paid by foresters to the king. •(no longer used) Forecastle.Ships of Forecastle were ships with Forestages, and carried about 150 men each ; they were the largest ships then in use. — 1787 verb2 •To block so that someone or something appears in the forestage.There is subtle thought, even profound thought, not so much in the working out of the plots as in the selection and forestaging of such humorous situations as make the plots work themselves out. — 1925 •To make prominent; to bring into focus.Not only was Binodlal one of the first to forestage sontap (“heat”) as the key element in fevers, but he was also one of the first to try to understand sontap as "motion." — 2016 formsforestaged · forestaging · forestages
