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forelending

forelending is the present participle and gerund of forelend.

Meaning of forelend

Verb

forelend (third-person singular simple present forelends, present participle forelending, simple past and past participle forelent)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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

Questions about forelending

What is forelending the present participle and gerund of?
Forelending is the present participle and gerund of forelend.

Words near forelending in the dictionary

  1. foreledge
  2. foreleg
  3. forelegged
  4. forelegs
  5. forelend
  6. forelending
  7. forelends
  8. forelent
  9. forelet
  10. forelets
  11. foreletting

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