foretype noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototypeThe last member of the trilogy could not well rival in pathos the Homeric foretype[…] — 1924 verb1 •To make into a foretype, or exemplify as such; to foreshadow; exemplify beforehandWhereupon Charlie, of four, foretyped his possible future, and the present of so many, by the exhibition of what might have been called strongly interested affection: … — 1874 formsforetyped · foretyping · foretypes
