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foreanswering

foreanswering is the present participle and gerund of foreanswer.

Meaning of foreanswer

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

Questions about foreanswering

What is foreanswering the present participle and gerund of?
Foreanswering is the present participle and gerund of foreanswer.

Words near foreanswering in the dictionary

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

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