forestateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

forestate ‎(三人称単数 現在形 forestates, 現在分詞 forestating, 過去形および過去分詞形 forestated)

1. (transitive) To state in advance
   • 1841, Baron Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Speeches of Henry lord Brougham:

     That was the occasion when the Cardinal Gonsalvi, knowing whom he should please, and what schemes were in progress, ventured to forestate the decision of the parliament on the Bill that now engages its attention.

   • 1896, The Atlantic Monthly - Volume 77:

     It is far from being what I should like to write about them, but perhaps enough has been said to forestate the problem as it appears to one who has traveled with these children and learned to know them “in the open.”

   • 1912, Henry Howard Harper, The Stumbling Block:

     "And I'll bet she's found him and given him that money," he continued, — forestating Sid's own conclusion.

派生語

• forestated
• forestating

関連する語

• forestatement