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forelike

forelike verb: to like beforehand; to be prepossessed in favor of; to be predisposed to like.

Verb

forelike (third-person singular simple present forelikes, present participle foreliking, simple past and past participle foreliked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To like beforehand; to be prepossessed in favor of; to be predisposed to like.

Forms of forelike

third-person singular presentforelikes
present participleforeliking
past participleforeliked
pastforeliked

Origin of forelike

From fore- + like.

Questions about forelike

What does forelike mean?
Forelike means to like beforehand; to be prepossessed in favor of; to be predisposed to like.
What part of speech is forelike?
Forelike is a verb.
What is the past tense of forelike?
The past tense of forelike is foreliked.

Words near forelike in the dictionary

  1. forelifted
  2. forelifting
  3. forelifts
  4. forelight
  5. forelights
  6. forelike
  7. foreliked
  8. forelikes
  9. foreliking
  10. forelimb
  11. forelimbs

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