Foreanswer
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To answer beforehand or in advance
"But notwithstanding he has fore-answered from the nature of things all that he can say about different interpretations, yet he proceeds in twenty tedious pages to enumerate those differences, which lie ranges under twelve heads; [...]"
Example
More examples"But notwithstanding he has fore-answered from the nature of things all that he can say about different interpretations, yet he proceeds in twenty tedious pages to enumerate those differences, which lie ranges under twelve heads; [...]"
Etymology
From fore- + answer.
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