Meaning

1 senses

  1. (poetic, rare)To slay beforehand or in advance.

Origin

From fore- + slay.

From fore- + slay.

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Forms

foreslays, foreslaying, foreslew, foreslain
Base formforeslay · to foreslay
3rd person singularforeslays
Present participleforeslaying
Past simpleforeslew
Past participleforeslain

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforeslay
he, she, itforeslays

Past simpleLesson

all personsforeslew

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill foreslay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foreshadowforesightforeskinforestA2forestall
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