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foredeeming

foredeeming is the present participle and gerund 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 foredeeming

What is foredeeming the present participle and gerund of?
Foredeeming is the present participle and gerund of foredeem.

Words near foredeeming in the dictionary

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

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