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foregiven

foregiven is the past participle of foregive.

Meaning of foregive

Verb

foregive (third-person singular simple present foregives, present participle foregiving, simple past foregave, past participle foregiven)

  1. (transitive) To give ahead of time; give in advance.
    • In the case of Allsville, the “software” is still being developed, and is particularly vulnerable to contamination. The jury method of random assignment would help bypass the personal temptation to “run something.” It would “foregive” the gift of lightness to would-be power grabbers.2011, Darrell Moneyhon, Allsville Emerging

Questions about foregiven

What is foregiven the past participle of?
Foregiven is the past participle of foregive.

Words near foregiven in the dictionary

  1. foregift
  2. foregifts
  3. foregirth
  4. foregirths
  5. foregive
  6. foregiven
  7. foreglance
  8. foreglanced
  9. foreglances
  10. foreglancing
  11. foregleam

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