Meaning of forecatch | Babel Free

Definitions

To catch beforehand or in advance.

rare, transitive

Examples

“On the night before I covered the coals, in the cracked, rheumatic stove, locked the door, put the key on entry shelf and stood for a moment on the door-step to stealthily forecatch the spirit of freedom that blew at me from out the south.”

“The child comprehended in his childish way at once, and forecaught the explanation with the interruption: 'Yes, Father, and when they become clogged and jostle each other, the friction causes heat.'”

“In so far as they forecaught the gleam from the morning star they are guides for us.”

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