Foreform
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An early or previous form; protoform
"Mathematics in its foreform, as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and the applications of the analytic method, as well as mathematics applied to matter and force or statics and dynamics, furnishes the peculiar study that gives to us, whether as children or as men, …"
Verb
- 1 To form beforehand or in advance; prepare transitive
Example
More examples"Mathematics in its foreform, as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and the applications of the analytic method, as well as mathematics applied to matter and force or statics and dynamics, furnishes the peculiar study that gives to us, whether as children or as men, …"
Etymology
From fore- + form.
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