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foreslain

foreslain is the past participle of foreslay.

Meaning of foreslay

Verb

foreslay (third-person singular simple present foreslays, present participle foreslaying, simple past foreslew, past participle foreslain)

  1. (poetic, rare, transitive) To slay beforehand or in advance.
    • Sole Mediator, God had promised Him, In Eden'd [sic] days an offering for sin, Immaculate conceived, the Holy One, Ere yet the earth was fashioned, the Lamb of God fore-slain.1912, The Improvement Era, volume 16, page 103

Questions about foreslain

What is foreslain the past participle of?
Foreslain is the past participle of foreslay.

Words near foreslain in the dictionary

  1. foreskirts
  2. foreslack
  3. foreslacked
  4. foreslacking
  5. foreslacks
  6. foreslain
  7. foreslash
  8. foreslashes
  9. foreslay
  10. foreslaying
  11. foreslays

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