Forecatch
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To catch beforehand or in advance. rare, transitive
"On the night before I covered the coals, in the cracked, rheumatic stove, locked the door, put the key on entry shelf and stood for a moment on the door-step to stealthily forecatch the spirit of freedom that blew at me from out the south."
Example
More examples"On the night before I covered the coals, in the cracked, rheumatic stove, locked the door, put the key on entry shelf and stood for a moment on the door-step to stealthily forecatch the spirit of freedom that blew at me from out the south."
Etymology
From fore- + catch.
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