"forewatch" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1835, G. M., The Fall of Man and His Redemption:",
          "text": "Ah! vanity is all to him who knows (Well warn'd by this!) his day's a fleeting cloud! —'Tis sacred wisdom to forewatch the close! To eye each hour—the Coffin and the Shroud!",
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          "ref": "1908, Gerda Dalliba, An Earth Poem, and Other Poems:",
          "text": "To learn, to know, how energies may pass / I would forewatch the waters near the moon / To spell the tidal change — and feel it chance [...]",
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          "ref": "1968, Mark Van Doren, The autobiography of Mark Van Doren:",
          "text": "The spring-tight coil of days unrolls for them, / Their little and deep long eyes forewatch the dead — / The mouse-eyed Fates can number the known times / He will remember this, the thing unsaid.",
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        "To look out for; watch over"
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        "(transitive) To look out for; watch over"
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          "ref": "1972, Paul L. Maier, Pontius Pilate:",
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          "text": "It was the forewatch who spotted it first bearing down from the front. They were under attack!",
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