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foreheld

foreheld is the past participle of forehold.

foreheld is the simple past of forehold.

Meaning of forehold

Verb

forehold (third-person singular simple present foreholds, present participle foreholding, simple past foreheld, past participle foreheld or (obsolete) foreholden)

  1. (rare, transitive) To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.
    • Instead of that he has encountered nothing but harsh criticism, unkindly dispositions, even on the part of his relatives, and he naturally drifted into places and surroundings where legitimate sympathy was not foreheld.1902, J. F. Hultgen, “Infantile Hemiplegia and Inebriety”, in Bulletin of Iowa Institutions (under the Board of Control), volume IV, Dubuque, Iowa: Herald Printing Company, →OCLC, page 463

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What is foreheld the past participle of?
Foreheld is the past participle of forehold.

Words near foreheld in the dictionary

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  9. forehistories
  10. forehistory
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