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Meaning of forelay | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To lay down beforehand
  2. simple past of forelie
    form-of, past
  3. To waylay.
  4. To plan; contrive in advance

Examples

“these grounds being forelaid and understood”
“I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider […]”
“c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation”
“Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh — and breed panic above?””
“You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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