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forelearn

forelearn verb: to learn beforehand or in advance.

Verb

forelearn (third-person singular simple present forelearns, present participle forelearning, simple past and past participle forelearnt or forelearned)

  1. (transitive) To learn beforehand or in advance.
    • Broder too, one of the Danish warriors at that battle, is represented as having consulted augury to forelearn the fate of the day.1830, The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, page 278
    • But ere our metal cleave An unknown surface, heed we to forelearn The winds and varying temper of the sky, The lineal tilth and habits of the spot, What every region yields, and what denies. Here blithelier springs the corn, and here the grape, […]2005, Vergil, Eclogues and Georgics - Page 36

Forms of forelearn

third-person singular presentforelearns
present participleforelearning
past participleforelearnt
pastforelearnt
past participleforelearned
pastforelearned

Origin of forelearn

From fore- + learn.

Questions about forelearn

What does forelearn mean?
Forelearn means to learn beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forelearn?
Forelearn is a verb.
What is the past tense of forelearn?
The past tense of forelearn is forelearnt.

Words near forelearn in the dictionary

  1. forelead
  2. foreleader
  3. foreleaders
  4. foreleading
  5. foreleads
  6. forelearn
  7. forelearned
  8. forelearning
  9. forelearns
  10. foreled
  11. foreledge

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