Foreprize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate. obsolete
"[…] God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and hath therein precisely defined, as well that which euery man must performe, as that which no man may attempt […]"
Example
More examples"[…] God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and hath therein precisely defined, as well that which euery man must performe, as that which no man may attempt […]"
Etymology
From fore- + prize (“take”).
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