forelift en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + lift.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To lift up in front.
So dreadfully he towards him did pas, / Forelifting up aloft his speckled brest […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forelifting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forelifts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forelifted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forelifted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |