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forewrought

forewrought adjective: wrought or worked beforehand or in advance. Also the simple past and past participle of forework.

Adjective

forewrought (comparative more forewrought, superlative most forewrought)

  1. Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.

Also used as

forewrought is also the simple past and past participle of forework.

Forms of forewrought

comparativemore forewrought
superlativemost forewrought

Origin of forewrought

From fore- + wrought.

Questions about forewrought

What does forewrought mean?
Forewrought means wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forewrought?
Forewrought is an adjective.

Words near forewrought in the dictionary

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

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