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foresaves

foresaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresave.

Meaning of foresave

Verb

foresave (third-person singular simple present foresaves, present participle foresaving, simple past and past participle foresaved)

  1. (rare, transitive) To save (money or a person) beforehand or in advance.
    • The mendicant exhibited no gesture of impatience or surprise; he had grown accustomed to such repulses, and he rapidly made the sign of the Cross in the air as the clergyman proceeded on his way, saying so audibly that Ximene at her window heard his words, "God help us all, and may the Holy Cross...1848, Furlong Elizabeth S. Harris, Rest in the Church, by the author of ‘From Oxford to Rome’, page 260

Questions about foresaves

What is foresaves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foresaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresave.

Words near foresaves in the dictionary

  1. foresail
  2. foresails
  3. foresaken
  4. foresave
  5. foresaved
  6. foresaves
  7. foresaving
  8. foresaw
  9. foresay
  10. foresaying
  11. foresays

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