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fore-order

fore-order is the alternative form of foreorder.

Meaning of foreorder

Verb

foreorder (third-person singular simple present foreorders, present participle foreordering, simple past and past participle foreordered)

  1. (rare, transitive) To order beforehand or in advance; pre-order.
    • And I foreorder and Ordain, That ere the sixth red moon shall wane, Those brothers' swords shall cross again, And the true shall smite down the false within the Virgin's waste domain.1863, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record, a Diary of American Events

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Forms of fore-order

Verb
third-person singular presentfore-orders
present participlefore-ordering
past participlefore-ordered
pastfore-ordered
Noun
pluralfore-orders

Questions about fore-order

What is fore-order the alternative form of?
Fore-order is the alternative form of foreorder.

Words near fore-order in the dictionary

  1. fore-handedness
  2. Fore-Mass
  3. fore-mast
  4. fore-masts
  5. fore-milk
  6. fore-order
  7. fore-orders
  8. fore-overman
  9. fore-overmen
  10. fore-prepare
  11. fore-runner

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