forecome
forecome verb: to come before and influence, especially to precede and prevent.
Verb
forecome (third-person singular simple present forecomes, present participle forecoming, simple past forecame, past participle forecome)
- To come before and influence, especially to precede and prevent.
- It is in vain that ye rise before the dawn to go forth to your labours and to your business, unless I, the Sun of Righteousness, forecome your efforts with My light.1869, Paradise of the Christian soul, page 9
- ...accordingly, there will be only two hundred remaining, which I desire him may be forwarded to you with the utmost dispatch, and I hope they will be with you time enough, to forecome any inconveniences the shameful desertion of those, that are gone off, might have put you to.1869, Nova Scotia Archives, page 481
Examples of forecome in a sentence
- However, to simplify matters and forecome continual amendments, many agreements now specify that the bargaining unit will encompass all employee classes where the union has significant representivity.1996, Sonia Bendix, Industrial relations in the new South Africa, page 291:
- But to forecome this shortcoming the measurement and mapping techniques presented could be combined with other indicators.1998, Clara Eugenia Garcia, Luis Sanz Menéndez, Management and Technology - Volume 5, page 97:
Forms of forecome
| third-person singular present | forecomes |
|---|---|
| present participle | forecoming |
| past | forecame |
| past participle | forecome |
Origin of forecome
From Middle English forcomen, from Old English forecuman, from Proto-Germanic *furaikwemaną (“to come before”), equivalent to fore- + come.
Words formed from forecome
Questions about forecome
- What does forecome mean?
- Forecome means to come before and influence, especially to precede and prevent.
- How do you use forecome in a sentence?
- However, to simplify matters and forecome continual amendments, many agreements now specify that the bargaining unit will encompass all employee classes where the union has significant representivity.
- What part of speech is forecome?
- Forecome is a verb.
- What is the past tense of forecome?
- The past tense of forecome is forecame.
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