To turn something around or change direction before a particular moment or event; to predict or anticipate a turning point.
From 'fore-' (before) + 'turn' (to rotate or change direction). This Middle English formation blends the directional prefix with the action of rotation or reversal.
This archaic word captures something modern English lost—the idea that you could sense and prepare for a pivot point in events before it happened, like sailors who could 'foreturn' their ships to catch a wind change they felt coming.
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