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forereckon

forereckon verb: to reckon beforehand or in advance; prefigure.

Verb

forereckon (third-person singular simple present forereckons, present participle forereckoning, simple past and past participle forereckoned)

  1. (transitive) To reckon beforehand or in advance; prefigure
    • The past is leaving us, the untried and unknown future is before us, and we can none of us forecast or forereckon what Seventynine, another twelve months, will bring to us and ours. What 1878 has been 1879 may not be, or vice versa ; …1878, The Freemason and Masonic Illustrated
    • Nay, who that hath lent unto Time may forereckon the fruit of his loan ? As the need of their day was they did, and their morrow hath cared for its own. What rose of our spring shall we gather this morn for the grave of a sire ?1884, John Huntley Skrine, Under Two Queens

Forms of forereckon

third-person singular presentforereckons
present participleforereckoning
past participleforereckoned
pastforereckoned

Origin of forereckon

From fore- + reckon.

Words formed from forereckon

Questions about forereckon

What does forereckon mean?
Forereckon means to reckon beforehand or in advance; prefigure.
What part of speech is forereckon?
Forereckon is a verb.
What is the past tense of forereckon?
The past tense of forereckon is forereckoned.

Words near forereckon in the dictionary

  1. foreread
  2. forereading
  3. forereads
  4. foreready
  5. forerecited
  6. forereckon
  7. forereckoning
  8. forereef
  9. forereefs
  10. forerehearsed
  11. foreremembered

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