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foremove

foremove verb: to move beforehand; move in advance.

Verb

foremove (third-person singular simple present foremoves, present participle foremoving, simple past and past participle foremoved)

  1. (ambitransitive) To move beforehand; move in advance.
    • […] Assistant or Assistants or any other officer of the said Companie in manner and forme aforesaid, the authority, office, and power before given to the former Governour, deputy Governour, or other officer and officers foremoved, in whose stead and place new shall be so chosen, […]1775, The Parliamentary Register
    • That it will evidence our care and dilligence in that we goe sedulously to foremove all obstructions before time leads us to the […]1910, Madras (India: State), Diary and consultation book, 1672-1756

Forms of foremove

third-person singular presentforemoves
present participleforemoving
past participleforemoved
pastforemoved

Origin of foremove

From fore- + move.

Questions about foremove

What does foremove mean?
Foremove means to move beforehand; move in advance.
What part of speech is foremove?
Foremove is a verb.
What is the past tense of foremove?
The past tense of foremove is foremoved.

Words near foremove in the dictionary

  1. foremore
  2. foremost
  3. foremostly
  4. foremother
  5. foremothers
  6. foremove
  7. foremoved
  8. foremoves
  9. foremoving
  10. forename
  11. forenamed

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