Forereckon

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To reckon beforehand or in advance; prefigure transitive

    "The past is leaving us, the untried and unknown future is before us, and we can none of us forecast or forereckon what Seventynine, another twelve months, will bring to us and ours. What 1878 has been 1879 may not be, or vice versa ; …"

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precalculateprecalculateprefigureprefigure

Example

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"The past is leaving us, the untried and unknown future is before us, and we can none of us forecast or forereckon what Seventynine, another twelve months, will bring to us and ours. What 1878 has been 1879 may not be, or vice versa ; …"

Etymology

From fore- + reckon.

Related phrases

in advance

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