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foremaking

foremaking is the present participle and gerund of foremake.

Meaning of foremake

Verb

foremake (third-person singular simple present foremakes, present participle foremaking, simple past and past participle foremade)

  1. (transitive) To make beforehand; make or create in advance; premake.
    • [...] that the uncomposed song (“ inconditum carmen”) sung by the Persians, was unpleasing to the ears of strangers: thus distinguishing between that and the condita carmina (foremade songs) which he or the Grecians had commonly heard.1832, The Gentleman's Magazine

Questions about foremaking

What is foremaking the present participle and gerund of?
Foremaking is the present participle and gerund of foremake.

Words near foremaking in the dictionary

  1. forels
  2. forelying
  3. foremade
  4. foremake
  5. foremakes
  6. foremaking
  7. foreman
  8. foremanship
  9. foremanships
  10. foremast
  11. foremastman

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