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foremind

foremind verb: to intend; predetermine.

Verb

foremind (third-person singular simple present foreminds, present participle foreminding, simple past and past participle foreminded)

  1. To intend; predetermine.

Noun

foremind (plural foreminds)

  1. intent, intention.
  2. The forward or conscious part of the mind, easily accessible to memory and cognition.
    • […] I'm floundering at sloppy deliberation in the choice of every new word, and thus damned up in my soul is left to rot. The limit of my foremind to tap and drain onto paper any flow from my residue of self-saturated thoughts is usually half a page at any one sitting.2007, Neal Cassady, “Letter to Allen Ginsberg, May 15, 1951”, in Anne Waldman, editor, The Beat Book: Writings from the Beat Generation

Forms of foremind

Verb
third-person singular presentforeminds
present participleforeminding
past participleforeminded
pastforeminded
Noun
pluralforeminds

Origin of foremind

From Middle English foremynden, equivalent to fore- + mind.

Questions about foremind

What does foremind mean?
Foremind means to intend; predetermine.
What part of speech is foremind?
Foremind can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foremind?
The past tense of foremind is foreminded.

Words near foremind in the dictionary

  1. foremessages
  2. foremessenger
  3. foremessengers
  4. foremilk
  5. foremilks
  6. foremind
  7. foreminded
  8. foreminding
  9. foreminds
  10. foremistress
  11. foremistresses

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