fore-give

verb

to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict

“As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them--Philemon Holland, Livy's Romane historie XXV. xxxv. (1609) 575”

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Meanings

verbfore-give (third-person singular simple present fore-gives, present participle fore-giving, simple past fore-gave, past participle fore-given)

present singular third person fore-gives · participle present fore-giving · past fore-gave · participle past fore-given

  1. obsoleteto have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict

    As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them--Philemon Holland, Livy's Romane historie XXV. xxxv. (1609) 575

Origin

From fore- + give.

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