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foremake

verb

Etymology

From fore- + make.

  1. derived from *maǵ-✻ — “to knead, oil”
  2. inherited from *gamakô✻ — “companion, comrade”
  3. inherited from *gamakō✻
  4. inherited from ġemaca — “a mate, an equal, companion, peer”
  5. inherited from make
  6. prefixed as foremake — “fore + make”

Definitions

  1. To make beforehand

    To make beforehand; make or create in advance; premake.

    • [...] that the uncomposed song (“ inconditum carmen”) sung by the Persians, was unpleasing to the ears of strangers: thus distinguishing between that and the condita carmina (foremade songs) which he or the Grecians had commonly heard.
    • That blessed mate he found for him, foremade, In the recesses of the wilderness.
    • Thus, while each fateful only is to himself, We can foretell our future; we foremake.

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