Forelift

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To lift up in front. obsolete

    "So dreadfully he towards him did pas, / Forelifting up aloft his speckled brest […]"

Example

More examples

"So dreadfully he towards him did pas, / Forelifting up aloft his speckled brest […]"

Etymology

From fore- + lift.

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