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forejudge en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English forjugen. See forjudge.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of forjudge.
    alt of forjudge

Forms

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forejudging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forejudges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forejudged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forejudged Tense=Past lexicographic

forejudge en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From fore- + judge.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To judge beforehand; prejudge.
    • Before we forejudge that Palaima's aforementioned statement is wrong let us try to embed this motif into its original social context. 2012, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Minoan Realities:
    • Man doth willingly apply other mens sayings to the advantage of the opinions he hath fore-judged [translating prejugées] in himselfe. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
    • His defence was so compact and effortless, the feet always in position so swiftly and so correctly, and the bat so brushingly close to the front foot or the body that it was again as of old as if each ball had been forejudged uncannily by some cricketer's act of clairvoyance. 1958, The Bedside "Guardian":

Forms

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forejudged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
forejudged Tense=Past lexicographic
forejudges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
forejudging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

forejudger

Relateds

forejudgement · forejudgment

Translations (1)

bg предрешавам (To judge beforehand)