forelie en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + lie.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To lie in front.
Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay / Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide / Her daintie paps […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forelay | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forelies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forelain | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forelying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |