foredeem

present singular third person foredeems · participle present foredeeming · participle past foredeemed · past foredeemed · alternative obsolete foredeme

1. intransitiveobsoleteTo judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.

   Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.

   1560, Geneva Bible

2. transitiveTo deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.

   Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you / An idle meteor.

   1612, John Webster, The White Devil

   2 more examples

   And of a beste, then fordeme the worst frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best, then to foredeme the worste

   1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)

   The doctor was as curious to learn how his suggestions would affect the conduct of Mrs. Radford when she should report to Blackwood, and he rightly foredeemed an early conference at the Lexington Avenue residence.

   1918, John Duncan Quackenbos, Magnhild: a tale of psychic love

   Synonyms: forehold, prejudge