Meaning of foresnatch | Babel Free

Definitions

To snatch in advance.

UK, dialectal, rare, transitive

Examples

“Friends of the people! — glorious name⟳, indeed, If these bestow, not you foresnatch, the meed — Your motive, not your means, the Muse admires, Whom kindred aims — congenial zeal inspires; [...]”

“[...] at once reach⟳ the objects of her infant admiration and draw⟳ them nearer to her eagerness, then ran with pouting lips to foresnatch her father's kisses.”

“Hoar Pindus, from his rocky barriers, Looks on thy ranks of gay-plumed warriors, And sees an ominous sight : The leafy tent for victory graced, Foresnatching fate with impious haste From gods that rule⟳ the fight⟳.”

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