fore-gave
fore-gave is the simple past of fore-give.
Meaning of fore-give
Verb
fore-give (third-person singular simple present fore-gives, present participle fore-giving, simple past fore-gave, past participle fore-given)
- to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict
- 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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- What is fore-gave the simple past of?
- Fore-gave is the simple past of fore-give.
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