Meanings
present singular third person foretrusts · participle present foretrusting · participle past foretrusted · past foretrusted
- transitiveTo trust beforehand; trust in advance.
He who was thus foretold, was also foretrusted.
2012, The Sacred Writings of Tertullian2 more examples
Already it has been shown that both the covenants are theirs (chap, ix.), though the Church, as foretrusting in Christ (Eph. i. 12), enjoys the fatness of the blessing while the natural object of the covenant remains as yet an outcast.
1852, Arthur Pridham, Notes and reflections on the Epistle to the RomansTherefore the Spirit and the Gospel will be found in the Christ, who was foretrusted, because foretold.
1995, Ante-Nicene Fathers: Latin Christianity
Origin
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