Foresave
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To save (money or a person) beforehand or in advance. rare, transitive
"The mendicant exhibited no gesture of impatience or surprise; he had grown accustomed to such repulses, and he rapidly made the sign of the Cross in the air as the clergyman proceeded on his way, saying so audibly that Ximene at her window heard his words, "God help us all, and may the Holy Cross foresave ye from the need of charity in the day of judgment!""
Example
More examples"The mendicant exhibited no gesture of impatience or surprise; he had grown accustomed to such repulses, and he rapidly made the sign of the Cross in the air as the clergyman proceeded on his way, saying so audibly that Ximene at her window heard his words, "God help us all, and may the Holy Cross foresave ye from the need of charity in the day of judgment!""
Etymology
From fore- + save.
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