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forewriting

forewriting is the present participle and gerund of forewrite.

Meaning of forewrite

Verb

forewrite (third-person singular simple present forewrites, present participle forewriting, simple past forewrote, past participle forewritten)

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To write beforehand; write in advance.
    • How know'st thou those dark words the Eternal Hand Writes in the Book of Time? If God foresees, God must forewrite; and what is all the future Save one vast chronicle of sibyl things!1837, The London and Westminster Review

Questions about forewriting

What is forewriting the present participle and gerund of?
Forewriting is the present participle and gerund of forewrite.

Words near forewriting in the dictionary

  1. foreworld
  2. foreworlds
  3. foreworn
  4. forewrite
  5. forewrites
  6. forewriting
  7. forewritten
  8. forewrote
  9. forewrought
  10. forex
  11. forexes

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