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foredeemed

foredeemed is the simple past and past participle of foredeem.

Meaning of foredeem

Verb

foredeem (third-person singular simple present foredeems, present participle foredeeming, simple past and past participle foredeemed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
    • Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.1560, Geneva Bible
  2. (transitive) To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.
    • And of a beste, then fordeme the worst frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best, then to foredeme the worste1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)
    Synonyms:
    forehold, prejudge

Questions about foredeemed

What is foredeemed the simple past and past participle of?
Foredeemed is the simple past and past participle of foredeem.

Words near foredeemed in the dictionary

  1. foredecree
  2. foredecreed
  3. foredecreeing
  4. foredecrees
  5. foredeem
  6. foredeemed
  7. foredeeming
  8. foredeems
  9. foredeep
  10. foredeeps
  11. foredefeated

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