forebuy en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + buy.
Meanings
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(transitive) To buy beforehand; accept or receive in advance.
Blessed are they who with forethought rightly live; for they have forebought a fortunate rebirth.
1943, Message of the East - Volumes 32-33 - Page 55...so it will often happen that forethought is thus fore-bought or secured.
2015, Willpower: The Willpower Instinct1979, Pasture and politics: economics, conflict, and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of northwestern Iran ... buyers visit the camps soon after the shearing in good time to ensure that their forebought wool does not get into other hands.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forebought | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forebought | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forebuying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forebuys | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fore-bought | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fr avancer (to buy beforehand) · pt pré-comprar (to buy beforehand) · es precomprar (to buy beforehand) · nl voorkopen (to buy beforehand)