forelend
/fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛnd/
forelend verb: to lend in advance.
Verb
forelend (third-person singular simple present forelends, present participle forelending, simple past and past participle forelent)
- to lend in advance
- As if that life to losse they had forelent1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Foretelling: Spirits mine, swift death shall end ye,
Cruel! if seeing me no tears forelend ye,
Sith but the being in thought sets wide mine eyes
For sobbing out my heart’s full memories.1912, Ezra Pound, “Ballate”, in Sonnets and Ballate of Guido Cavalcanti
Forms of forelend
| third-person singular present | forelends |
|---|---|
| present participle | forelending |
| past participle | forelent |
| past | forelent |
Origin of forelend
From fore- + lend.
Questions about forelend
- What does forelend mean?
- Forelend means to lend in advance.
- What part of speech is forelend?
- Forelend is a verb.
- How do you pronounce forelend?
- Forelend is pronounced /fɔː(ɹ)ˈlɛnd/.
- What is the past tense of forelend?
- The past tense of forelend is forelent.
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