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foredamn

foredamn verb: to damn beforehand or in advance.

Verb

foredamn (third-person singular simple present foredamns, present participle foredamning, simple past and past participle foredamned)

  1. (possibly, transitive, vulgar) To damn beforehand or in advance
    • Pious Rousseau foredamn or save his soul / As he might hit or miss a cork-tree's bole ?1883, Alfred Domett, Ranolf and Amohia: A Dream of Two Lives - Volume 1
    • We believe environment has as much to do with the bringing in of the Kingdom of God as does personal conversion. The time is past when children should be born and bred in places that foredoom and foredamn them.1918, The American Home Missionary

Forms of foredamn

third-person singular presentforedamns
present participleforedamning
past participleforedamned
pastforedamned

Origin of foredamn

From fore- + damn.

Words formed from foredamn

Questions about foredamn

What does foredamn mean?
Foredamn means to damn beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is foredamn?
Foredamn is a verb.
What is the past tense of foredamn?
The past tense of foredamn is foredamned.

Words near foredamn in the dictionary

  1. forecurse
  2. forecut
  3. forecuts
  4. forecutter
  5. forecutters
  6. foredamn
  7. foredamned
  8. foredate
  9. foredated
  10. foredates
  11. foredating

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