forelive

verb

Etymology

From fore- + live.

  1. derived from *leyp- — “to stick
  2. inherited from *libjaną — “to live
  3. inherited from *libbjan
  4. inherited from libban
  5. inherited from lefe
  6. prefixed as forelive — “fore + live

Definitions

  1. To live or come before

    To live or come before; precede

    • […] Or if I seek the visitation, then He fills me, and my foul is carried on, And then do I forelive the race of men, So that the things that will be, are to me […]
    • Considering in how small a room do lie, And yet lie safe (as fresh as if alive), All those great worthies of antiquity, Which long forelived thee, and shall long survive; Who stronger tombs found for eternity, […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA