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foreprized

foreprized is the simple past and past participle of foreprize.

Meaning of foreprize

Verb

foreprize (third-person singular simple present foreprizes, present participle foreprizing, simple past and past participle foreprized)

  1. (obsolete) To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate.
    • […] God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and hath therein precisely defined, as well that which euery man must performe, as that which no man may attempt […]1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London: William Stansbye, published 1622, Book 5, p. 381

Questions about foreprized

What is foreprized the simple past and past participle of?
Foreprized is the simple past and past participle of foreprize.

Words near foreprized in the dictionary

  1. foreprepare
  2. foreprepared
  3. foreprism
  4. foreprisms
  5. foreprize
  6. foreprized
  7. foreprizes
  8. foreprizing
  9. forepromise
  10. forepromised
  11. forepromises

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