foresit
foresit verb: to take precedence or superiority over; to preside over.
Verb
foresit (third-person singular simple present foresits, present participle foresitting, simple past and past participle foresat)
- To take precedence or superiority over; to preside over.
- [S]o then as the Pꝛince hath the pꝛimacie in the gouernment of his Common wealth, and all thoſe which gouerne vnder him, gouerne by, and foꝛ him, ſo alſo hath he the pꝛecedency, and pꝛotocleſie, oꝛ foꝛeſitting in all aſſemblies befoꝛe the reſt, and ſuch other as haue pꝛecedencie oꝛ foꝛeſitting...1607, Thomas Ridley, A View of the Civile and Ecclesiastical Law, […], London: […] [Adam Islip?] for the Company of Stationers, →OCLC, pages 93–94
- Of the death of Oswy and Egbert, the kings; and of the Synod which was held at Hertford to which Archbishop Theodore was foresitting.1852, Alfred the Great, translated by E. Thomson, “King Alfred’s Version of Venerable Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation; […]”, in The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: […]...
Forms of foresit
| third-person singular present | foresits |
|---|---|
| present participle | foresitting |
| past participle | foresat |
| past | foresat |
Origin of foresit
From fore- (“before”) + sit, sometimes as a calque of Latin praesideō or Old English foresittan.
Questions about foresit
- What does foresit mean?
- Foresit means to take precedence or superiority over; to preside over.
- What part of speech is foresit?
- Foresit is a verb.
- What is the past tense of foresit?
- The past tense of foresit is foresat.
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