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fore-give

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them--Philemon Holland, Livy's Romane historie XXV. xxxv. (1609) 575

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fore- + give.