foredeem
verbEtymology
From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English foredēman (“to prejudge”), equivalent to fore- + deem.
- inherited from *foredemen✻
Definitions
To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand
To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
- Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.
To deem or account in advance
To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.
- 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
- Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you / An idle meteor.
- 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.
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No curated loop yet for foredeem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA