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Foredeem

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage. intransitive, obsolete

    "Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come."

  2. 2
    To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect. transitive

    "And of a beste, then fordeme the worst frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best, then to foredeme the worste"

Etymology

From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English foredēman (“to prejudge”), equivalent to fore- + deem.

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