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fore-given

fore-given is the past participle 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)

  1. (obsolete) 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

Questions about fore-given

What is fore-given the past participle of?
Fore-given is the past participle of fore-give.

Words near fore-given in the dictionary

  1. fore-flood
  2. fore-gave
  3. fore-gift
  4. fore-gifts
  5. fore-give
  6. fore-given
  7. fore-glories
  8. fore-glory
  9. fore-handed
  10. fore-handedly
  11. fore-handedness

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