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foreslaying

foreslaying is the present participle and gerund 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 foreslaying

What is foreslaying the present participle and gerund of?
Foreslaying is the present participle and gerund of foreslay.

Words near foreslaying in the dictionary

  1. foreslacks
  2. foreslain
  3. foreslash
  4. foreslashes
  5. foreslay
  6. foreslaying
  7. foreslays
  8. foresleeve
  9. foresleeves
  10. foreslew
  11. foreslope

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