Foretrust

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To trust beforehand; trust in advance. transitive

    "Already it has been shown that both the covenants are theirs (chap, ix.), though the Church, as foretrusting in Christ (Eph. i. 12), enjoys the fatness of the blessing while the natural object of the covenant remains as yet an outcast."

Example

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"Already it has been shown that both the covenants are theirs (chap, ix.), though the Church, as foretrusting in Christ (Eph. i. 12), enjoys the fatness of the blessing while the natural object of the covenant remains as yet an outcast."

Etymology

From fore- + trust.

Related phrases

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