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fore-tried

fore-tried adjective: tried or tested beforehand; proven.

Adjective

fore-tried (comparative more fore-tried, superlative most fore-tried)

  1. Tried or tested beforehand; proven.
    • Work meet for savior souls, redeemers rare, Noble and mighty ones, foretried, foreknown1889-1890, Orson F. Whitney, Enoch
  2. Tried or used beforehand; previously used; unchaste. (of women)

Forms of fore-tried

comparativemore fore-tried
superlativemost fore-tried
alternative formforetried

Origin of fore-tried

From fore- + tried.

Questions about fore-tried

What does fore-tried mean?
Fore-tried means tried or tested beforehand; proven.
What part of speech is fore-tried?
Fore-tried is an adjective.

Words near fore-tried in the dictionary

  1. fore-slays
  2. fore-slow
  3. fore-slowing
  4. fore-strength
  5. fore-trained
  6. fore-tried
  7. fore-wit
  8. fore-wits
  9. foreaccustomed
  10. foreach loop
  11. foreach loops

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