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forebite1
verbforebite (third-person singular simple present forebites, present participle forebiting, simple past forebit, past participle forebitten)
present singular third person forebites · participle present forebiting · past forebit · participle past forebitten
- transitiveTo bite beforehand or in front.
You may backbite him a little, but you will not forebite him at all.
1897, Henry Ward Beecher, The original Plymouth pulpit
forebite2
noun
- A condition where the (front) teeth are set too far forward in the mouth.
After orthodontic widening of right half and repair of forebite (c, d).
1963, Acta chirurgiae plasticae - Page 2991 more example
[…] forebite is almost an eight inch off and at this age not apt to improve.
1977, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, Volume 94, Part 4 - Page 88
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