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† ˌforeˈdeem, v. Obs.
[f. fore- + deem.]
1. trans. To form a judgement of beforehand; to forecast, presage. Also intr. with of.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 288 b, To foredeme the wurste. 1557N. T. (Genev.) Acts xvi. 16 marg. note, Which [maid] could gesse and foredeeme of things past, present and to come. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. v. (1677) 272 Many did foredeem that he should not escape some misfortune. 1660Plea Minist. Sequestration 6 Too truly foredeeming their own turbulent subsequent actions if they regain their power.
2. To deem or account in advance.
1612Webster White Devil i. i, Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor.
Hence foreˈdeemed ppl. a.; foreˈdeeming vbl. n.
1587T. Hughes Misfort. Arthur iv. iii. (1828) 67 You frame a cause of long foredeemed doome. 1587Golding De Mornay Pref. 10 Foredeemings and fore-setled opinions. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 8 The deceitfull conjectures and foredeemings of one Merline. |