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foreanswer

foreanswer verb: to answer beforehand or in advance.

Verb

foreanswer (third-person singular simple present foreanswers, present participle foreanswering, simple past and past participle foreanswered)

  1. To answer beforehand or in advance
    • But notwithstanding he has fore-answered from the nature of things all that he can say about different interpretations, yet he proceeds in twenty tedious pages to enumerate those differences, which lie ranges under twelve heads; [...]1812, John Randolph, Enchiridion Theologicum
    • It seemed a little severe to be shut away from her now but Mrs. Fuller's manner had fore-answered any appeal and I held my peace.1900, Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country - Page 298

Forms of foreanswer

third-person singular presentforeanswers
present participleforeanswering
past participleforeanswered
pastforeanswered
alternative formfore-answer

Origin of foreanswer

From fore- + answer.

Questions about foreanswer

What does foreanswer mean?
Foreanswer means to answer beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is foreanswer?
Foreanswer is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreanswer?
The past tense of foreanswer is foreanswered.

Words near foreanswer in the dictionary

  1. forealleged
  2. foreanent
  3. foreannounce
  4. foreannouncement
  5. foreannouncements
  6. foreanswer
  7. foreanswered
  8. foreanswering
  9. foreanswers
  10. foreappoint
  11. foreappointed

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