foreshine means A shine seen in advance. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From fore- + shine. Possibly cognate with German Vorschein.
noun
- A shine seen in advance.“The Herstal people, knowing the Prussian recruiting-system and other rigours, were extremely unwilling to come under Friedrich Wilhelm's sway, could they have helped it. They refused fealty, swore they never would swear: nor did they, till the appearance, or indubitable foreshine, of Friedrich Wilhelm's bayonets advancing on them from the East, brought compliance.”
verb
- To shine forth; bring into view.“In a moment where the Front is itself so politicized, certain kinds of practices become particularly important - practices that clarify work on emerging and not-yet possibilities; that visualize and make audible latent tendencies; that intensify and magnify the 'uncertain, flickering, and often weak lights' which are dismissed as ephemeral but which may in fact foreshine real possibility; […]”