predeclare

Verb

predeclare (third-person singular simple present predeclares, present participle predeclaring, simple past and past participle predeclared)

1. (transitive) To declare or announce beforehand.
   • their indefeasible power of predeclaring the eternal destiny of every living layman1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
2. (transitive) To declare some source code element (such as a class) in advance of its full description, so that other preceding parts of the code can refer to it.

   Synonyms:

   forward-declare