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forelay

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From fore- +‎ lay.

Verb

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forelay (third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid)

  1. To lay down beforehand
    • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, Discourse V - Let a man so account of us as the Ministers of Christ, and Stewards of the Mysteries of God:
      these grounds being forelaid and understood
    • 1822, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.:
      I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider []
  2. To waylay.
    • c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon
      either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation
    • 1913, James B. Connally, Sonnie-Boy's People:
      Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh — and breed panic above?”
  3. To plan; contrive in advance
    • 1917, Charles Neville Buck, The Tyranny of Weakness:
      You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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forelay

  1. simple past of forelie

References

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