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foredele

foredele is the alternative form of foredeal.

Meaning of foredeal

Noun

foredeal (plural foredeals)

  1. An advantage; benefit; profit.
    • [...] and at a great foredeal already; [and as for] such foredeal that they despair not of the...a deal, but that through the help of God, [our Grace and] other good ministers, these personages which [shall be now] sent shall undoubtedly conclude [...]1527, Brewer, Brodie, Gairdner, Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) The first place; lead; precedence; preference.
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Progress; advancement.

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Questions about foredele

What is foredele the alternative form of?
Foredele is the alternative form of foredeal.

Words near foredele in the dictionary

  1. foredeeming
  2. foredeems
  3. foredeep
  4. foredeeps
  5. foredefeated
  6. foredele
  7. foredescribed
  8. foredesign
  9. foredestine
  10. foredestined
  11. foredestines

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