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forewrote

forewrote is the simple past 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 forewrote

What is forewrote the simple past of?
Forewrote is the simple past of forewrite.

Words near forewrote in the dictionary

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

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