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foresentencing

foresentencing is the present participle and gerund of foresentence.

Meaning of foresentence

Verb

foresentence (third-person singular simple present foresentences, present participle foresentencing, simple past and past participle foresentenced)

  1. (rare, transitive) To sentence beforehand or in advance.
    • Be it not mine to foresentence a sinner, whose sin's consummation Prefaced his ultimate ruin—his last dying act may atone For some misdeeds ; and whatever be written of Hell and damnation, God alone knows what is gospel; […]1889, Charles Allan Sherard, A Daughter of the South and Other Poems - Page 10

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Questions about foresentencing

What is foresentencing the present participle and gerund of?
Foresentencing is the present participle and gerund of foresentence.

Words near foresentencing in the dictionary

  1. foresensing
  2. foresent
  3. foresentence
  4. foresentenced
  5. foresentences
  6. foresentencing
  7. foreset
  8. foresets
  9. foresetting
  10. foresex
  11. foreshadow

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