Forelearning

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Learning beforehand or in advance. uncountable

    "An important feature of the original edition of Leaves of Grass was his emphasis on the unaccountable emergence of his poems without forelearning or art."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forelearn form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"An important feature of the original edition of Leaves of Grass was his emphasis on the unaccountable emergence of his poems without forelearning or art."

Etymology

From fore- + learn + -ing.

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