Forecharge

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A charge made beforehand or in advance.

    "The city had a plan on paper which, as he had before stated, would cost 900,000l. and tho' comprehending a very extensive system of improvement, would be completed in 24 months, or three years at most, without any forecharge whatever."

  2. 2
    The shot in the forward part of a firearm cartridge.

    "The fore-charges were individually packed in thin metal containers and loaded in the gun that way;"

Verb
  1. 1
    To charge in advance. rare, transitive

    "Thus prophetic spake A voice of faith, forecharged with evolution's law."

Example

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"Thus prophetic spake A voice of faith, forecharged with evolution's law."

Etymology

From fore- + charge.

Related phrases

in advance

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