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fore-write, v.|fɔəˈraɪt|
[f. fore- prefix + write.]
trans. To write before or beforehand.
1634Ford P. Warbeck ii. iii, Time alone debates Quarrels forewritten in the book of fates. 1872Longfellow Div. Trag. i. Marriage in Cana, What is to be Hath been fore-written in the thought divine From the beginning.
Hence ˌfore-ˈwritten (-of) ppl. a. Also ˈfore-writ, something written before, a title; † fore-ˈwriter, one who writes, or has written, beforehand.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1243 As for ryme or reson, þe forewryter was not to blame, For as he founde hit aforne hym, so wrote he þe same. 1560–78Bk. Discipl. Ch. Scot. (1621) 37 The fore-written Provinces. 1570Levins Manip. 149/28 Y⊇ Forewrit, titulus, prescriptum. 1578Banister Hist. Man i. 13 By the probable assertions of the best forewriters. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 214 The forewritten-of Bishop of Norwich. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iii. (1654) 207 Such, as must have their grounds from fore-written truths. 1839Bailey Festus (1848) 47/1 The forewritten hour. |
