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forelove

forelove verb: to love beforehand or in advance.

Verb

forelove (third-person singular simple present foreloves, present participle foreloving, simple past and past participle foreloved)

  1. (transitive) To love beforehand or in advance.
    • To foreknow is to “forelove.” For a reason known only to God he bestows his love on some.2009, Greg Ogden, Discipleship Essentials
    • Others, whom God did not choose to forelove and ordain to be saved, were deliberately passed over, and were therefore doomed to destruction; based entirely on God's mysterious, secret will.2012, Ron Craig, Are Christians Just Saved Sinners? - Page 125

Noun

forelove (uncountable)

  1. Love in advance.
    • Calvinists generally claim that in these instances God's foreknowledge should be understood as His “forelove.”2008, Brad J. Waggoner, E. Ray Clendenen, Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue - Page 211

Forms of forelove

third-person singular presentforeloves
present participleforeloving
past participleforeloved
pastforeloved

Origin of forelove

From fore- + love.

Questions about forelove

What does forelove mean?
Forelove means to love beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forelove?
Forelove can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of forelove?
The past tense of forelove is foreloved.

Words near forelove in the dictionary

  1. forelocks
  2. forelook
  3. forelooked
  4. forelooking
  5. forelooks
  6. forelove
  7. foreloved
  8. foreloves
  9. foreloving
  10. forels
  11. forelying

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