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forecharge

forecharge verb: to charge in advance.

Verb

forecharge (third-person singular simple present forecharges, present participle forecharging, simple past and past participle forecharged)

  1. (rare, transitive) To charge in advance.
    • Thus prophetic spake A voice of faith, forecharged with evolution's law.1896, Ohio Educational Monthly, volume 45, numbers 1-36, page 98
    • The rights are listed in article 35," and one or two of them merit some further comment: " person brought to administrative responsibility shall have the right to forecharge vprave znakomit'sia himself with the materials of the case..."1982, Review of Socialist Law - Volume 8 - Page 57

Noun

forecharge (plural forecharges)

  1. A charge made beforehand or in advance.
    • The city had a plan on paper which, as he had before stated, would cost 900,000l. and tho' comprehending a very extensive system of improvement, would be completed in 24 months, or three years at most, without any forecharge whatever.1796, The Parliamentary Register
    • To such a party, a railway suddenly coming through the country to which he has retired to spend his leisure, must, indeed, be a God-send, if he chooses to hold himself out as an amenity witness, and if the forecharges are sustained.1903, John Rankine, The Scots Revised Reports
  2. The shot in the forward part of a firearm cartridge.
    • The fore-charges were individually packed in thin metal containers and loaded in the gun that way;2014, Arthur J Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow

Forms of forecharge

Verb
third-person singular presentforecharges
present participleforecharging
past participleforecharged
pastforecharged
alternative formfore-charge
Noun
pluralforecharges

Origin of forecharge

From fore- + charge.

Questions about forecharge

What does forecharge mean?
Forecharge means to charge in advance.
What part of speech is forecharge?
Forecharge can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of forecharge?
The past tense of forecharge is forecharged.

Words near forecharge in the dictionary

  1. forecaution
  2. forecautioned
  3. forecautions
  4. forechain
  5. forechains
  6. forecharge
  7. forecharges
  8. forechase
  9. forechases
  10. forecheck
  11. forechecked

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