foregiveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

foregive (三人称単数 現在形 foregives, 現在分詞 foregiving, 過去形 foregave, 過去分詞 foregiven)

1. (transitive) To give ahead of time; give in advance.
   • 2011, Darrell Moneyhon, Allsville Emerging:

     In the case of Allsville, the “software” is still being developed, and is particularly vulnerable to contamination. The jury method of random assignment would help bypass the personal temptation to “run something.” It would “foregive” the gift of lightness to would-be power grabbers.

動詞

fore-give ‎(三人称単数 現在形 fore-gives, 現在分詞 fore-giving, 過去形 fore-gave, 過去分詞 fore-given)

1. (obsolete) to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict

   As commonly mens minds use to fore-give and tell aforehand when there is some mischiefe and ill toward them--Philemon Holland, Livy's Romane historie XXV. xxxv. (1609) 575

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989)