Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To write beforehand; write in advance.

Origin

From Middle English fore-writen, from Old English forewrītan (“to proscribe, banish, write

From Middle English fore-writen, from Old English forewrītan (“to proscribe, banish, write above, write before”), equivalent to fore- + write.

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Forms

forewrites, forewriting, forewrote, forewritten
Base formforewrite · to forewrite
3rd person singularforewrites
Present participleforewriting
Past simpleforewrote
Past participleforewritten

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforewrite
he, she, itforewrites

Past simpleLesson

all personsforewrote

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forewrite

Word family

1 related words
Derivedforewritten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foreverA2forewarnforewordforfeitC1forfeitureC2
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