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foreprepare

foreprepare verb: to prepare beforehand or in advance.

Verb

foreprepare (third-person singular simple present foreprepares, present participle forepreparing, simple past and past participle foreprepared)

  1. (transitive) To prepare beforehand or in advance
    • "[...] He first preacheth in English to the English audience, and then the same matter is delivered to the Indians, by an interpreter, whom with much pains, Mr. Gookin hath foreprepared."1839, The American Quarterly Register, volumes 11-12
    • I am now at the 11th, and come from the council of the admiralty, which I attended for their result about the two last ships by them taken, having foreprepared all their ministers of state with placets, and to the queen regent also, of the injustice our merchants and nation receive by them: …1842, Memorials of the Great Civil War in England from 1646-1652

Forms of foreprepare

third-person singular presentforeprepares
present participleforepreparing
past participleforeprepared
pastforeprepared
alternative formfore-prepare

Origin of foreprepare

From fore- + prepare.

Questions about foreprepare

What does foreprepare mean?
Foreprepare means to prepare beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is foreprepare?
Foreprepare is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreprepare?
The past tense of foreprepare is foreprepared.

Words near foreprepare in the dictionary

  1. forepossessed
  2. forepractice
  3. forepractices
  4. forepreparation
  5. forepreparations
  6. foreprepare
  7. foreprepared
  8. foreprism
  9. foreprisms
  10. foreprize
  11. foreprized

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