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fore-save

fore-save is the alternative form of foresave.

Meaning of foresave

Verb

foresave (third-person singular simple present foresaves, present participle foresaving, simple past and past participle foresaved)

  1. (rare, transitive) To save (money or a person) beforehand or in advance.
    • The mendicant exhibited no gesture of impatience or surprise; he had grown accustomed to such repulses, and he rapidly made the sign of the Cross in the air as the clergyman proceeded on his way, saying so audibly that Ximene at her window heard his words, "God help us all, and may the Holy Cross...1848, Furlong Elizabeth S. Harris, Rest in the Church, by the author of ‘From Oxford to Rome’, page 260

Forms of fore-save

third-person singular presentfore-saves
present participlefore-saving
past participlefore-saved
pastfore-saved

Questions about fore-save

What is fore-save the alternative form of?
Fore-save is the alternative form of foresave.

Words near fore-save in the dictionary

  1. fore-orders
  2. fore-overman
  3. fore-overmen
  4. fore-prepare
  5. fore-runner
  6. fore-save
  7. fore-slay
  8. fore-slayed
  9. fore-slaying
  10. fore-slays
  11. fore-slow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fore-save (page history and authors); foresave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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