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foreclaim

foreclaim verb: to claim in advance; claim beforehand.

Verb

foreclaim (third-person singular simple present foreclaims, present participle foreclaiming, simple past and past participle foreclaimed)

  1. (transitive) To claim in advance; claim beforehand.
    • And then at last Callirhoe, the child Of Achelous, for her infant sons Shall beg those years“ from Jove on bended knee, To speed their vengeance for the victor's death. And, at her suit, Jove shall foreclaim that gift Of his stepdaughter,“ and her sons shall be Transformed to manhood from their...1998, A. D. Melville, Metamorphoses

Noun

foreclaim (plural foreclaims)

  1. A claim made beforehand or in advance; a prior claim.

Forms of foreclaim

Verb
third-person singular presentforeclaims
present participleforeclaiming
past participleforeclaimed
pastforeclaimed
Noun
pluralforeclaims

Origin of foreclaim

From fore- + claim.

Questions about foreclaim

What does foreclaim mean?
Foreclaim means to claim in advance; claim beforehand.
What part of speech is foreclaim?
Foreclaim can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foreclaim?
The past tense of foreclaim is foreclaimed.

Words near foreclaim in the dictionary

  1. forechooses
  2. forechoosing
  3. forechose
  4. forechosen
  5. forecited
  6. foreclaim
  7. foreclaims
  8. foreclaw
  9. foreclaws
  10. foreclosable
  11. foreclose

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