Meanings
comparative more foretossed · superlative most foretossed
- archaicTossed up; tossed about.
When thy Disciples were foretossed with Winds and Waves, thou camest to them in the fourth Watch of the Night, walking on the Waters; […]
1744, John Willison, The Afflicted Man's Companion1 more example
So gnaws the grief of conscience evermore, "And in the heart it is so deep ygrave, "That they may" neither sleep nor rest therefor, "Nor think one thought but on the dread they hare; "Still to the death foretossed with the wave" Of restless woe [...]
1816, Francis Wrangham, The British Plutarch
Origin
Alteration of what should properly be *fortossed, equivalent to for- + tossed.
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