Forethreaten
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To threaten in advance or in anticipation. transitive
"[…] but so it was not from the time that Jeremy began to prophesy, to foretell and forethreaten it by express revelation from the Lord of heaven."
Example
More examples"[…] but so it was not from the time that Jeremy began to prophesy, to foretell and forethreaten it by express revelation from the Lord of heaven."
Etymology
From fore- + threaten.
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