foreread

foreread verb: to signify beforehand; predict.

Verb

foreread (third-person singular simple present forereads, present participle forereading, simple past and past participle foreread)

(transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
- She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."1904, Vassar College, The Vassar miscellany: Volume 34
- He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe, while England would remain supine, simply because Neweastle was a fool and Ormskirk would be dead.1907, Harper's magazine, volume 114
(transitive) To read beforehand or ahead of time.
- I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.1989, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Despair: a novel
(transitive) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
- He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.1922, James Branch Cabell, Gallantry

foreread (plural forereads)

Verb
third-person singular present	forereads
present participle	forereading
past participle	foreread
past	foreread
alternative form	fore-read
Noun
plural	forereads

From fore- + read.

What does foreread mean?: Foreread means to signify beforehand; predict.
What part of speech is foreread?: Foreread can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of foreread?: The past tense of foreread is foreread.

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