Meaning

3 senses

  1. To lay down beforehand

  2. To waylay.

    c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation

  3. To plan; contrive in advance

Origin

From fore- + lay.

From fore- + lay.

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Forms

forelays, forelaying, forelaid, forelaid
Base formforelay · to forelay
3rd person singularforelays
Present participleforelaying
Past simpleforelaid
Past participleforelaid

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforelay
he, she, itforelays

Past simpleLesson

all personsforelaid

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forelaid
he, she, ithas forelaid

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forelay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foreheadB1foreignA1foreignerA1foremanB2foremostforensicC1
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