Forebelieve
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To believe beforehand; believe in advance. ambitransitive
"It is possible there may lurk secret wickedness in some blind corner of the heart which we know not of: it is possible that time and temptation, working upon our corruption, may at last draw us into some such sin as we could not forebelieve."
Example
More examples"It is possible there may lurk secret wickedness in some blind corner of the heart which we know not of: it is possible that time and temptation, working upon our corruption, may at last draw us into some such sin as we could not forebelieve."
Etymology
From fore- + believe.
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