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forebelieving

forebelieving is the present participle and gerund of forebelieve.

Meaning of forebelieve

Verb

forebelieve (third-person singular simple present forebelieves, present participle forebelieving, simple past and past participle forebelieved)

  1. (ambitransitive) To believe beforehand; believe in advance.
    • It is possible there may lurk secret wickedness in some blind corner of the heart which we know not of: it is possible that time and temptation, working upon our corruption, may at last draw us into some such sin as we could not forebelieve.1863, Joseph Hall, The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall, D.D., 2

Questions about forebelieving

What is forebelieving the present participle and gerund of?
Forebelieving is the present participle and gerund of forebelieve.

Words near forebelieving in the dictionary

  1. forebelief
  2. forebeliefs
  3. forebelieve
  4. forebelieved
  5. forebelieves
  6. forebelieving
  7. forebell
  8. forebells
  9. forebemoaned
  10. forebirth
  11. forebirths

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