forelay
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[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1
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[edit]forelay (third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid)
- 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 […]
- 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?”
- c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon
- 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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References
[edit]- “forelay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.