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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fore-give en · VERB

Etymology

From fore- + give.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict
    • As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them--Philemon Holland, Livy's Romane historie XXV. xxxv. (1609) 575

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fore-gave Tense=Past lexicographic
fore-given Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fore-gives Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fore-giving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic