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foretrained en · ADJ

Etymology

From fore- + trained.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Trained beforehand or in advance
    • Young women can make even more irretrievable fools of themselves than young men, if they are not forewarned and foretrained. 1957, Cyril Ray, The Compleat Imbiber: An Entertainment - Page 181:
    • They will be forewarned and foretrained. 1947, UAW Ammunition - Volumes 5-6
    • Being foretrained, they immediately hunt and run off the offender. 2003, Norman Franklin Childers, The Strawberry: A Book for Growers, Others - Page 129:
    • That mendicant agreed to do as guided by Maharaj and hence the next day Maharaj accompanied by that fore-trained mendicant started for the old lady's house. 2012, B.J. Irani (Gujarati Writer), S.M. Desai (Gujarati Writer), Dr. Anurag Gumashta (English Translator), The Sadguru of Sakori - Upasani Maharaj - Page 88

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