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forelaid

forelaid is the simple past and past participle of forelay.

Meaning of forelay

Verb

forelay (third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid)

  1. To lay down beforehand
    • these grounds being forelaid and understooda. 1639, Joseph Mede, Discourse V - Let a man so account of us as the Ministers of Christ, and Stewards of the Mysteries of God
  2. To waylay.
    • either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimationc. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon
  3. To plan; contrive in advance
    • You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then.1917, Charles Neville Buck, The Tyranny of Weakness

Questions about forelaid

What is forelaid the simple past and past participle of?
Forelaid is the simple past and past participle of forelay.

Words near forelaid in the dictionary

  1. foreknown
  2. foreknows
  3. forel
  4. foreladies
  5. forelady
  6. forelaid
  7. forelain
  8. foreland
  9. forelands
  10. forelandward
  11. forelash

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