foresnatch

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verb

To snatch in advance.

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Meanings

verbforesnatch (third-person singular simple present foresnatches, present participle foresnatching, simple past and past participle foresnatched)

present singular third person foresnatches · participle present foresnatching · participle past foresnatched · past foresnatched

  1. UKdialectalraretransitiveTo snatch in advance.

    [...] at once reach the objects of her infant admiration and draw them nearer to her eagerness, then ran with pouting lips to foresnatch her father's kisses.

    1825, Mac-Erin O'Tara (pseud.), Thomas Fitz-Gerald: the Lord of Offaley
    2 more examples

    Friends of the people! — glorious name, indeed, If these bestow, not you foresnatch, the meed — Your motive, not your means, the Muse admires, Whom kindred aims — congenial zeal inspires; [...]

    1803, Josiah Walker, The defence of order, a poem

    Hoar Pindus, from his rocky barriers, Looks on thy ranks of gay-plumed warriors, And sees an ominous sight : The leafy tent for victory graced, Foresnatching fate with impious haste From gods that rule the fight.

    1847, Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine

Origin

From fore- + snatch.

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foresnatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresnatch

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“foresnatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresnatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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