† forehentv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To seize beforehand.
a. to cut off (in flight), overtake.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > so as to turn back or aside
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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff6v A fearefull Doue..Hauing farre off espyde a Tassell gent..Doubleth her hast for feare to bee for-hent.
b. To take in advance.
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take before
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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xi. f. 140 [He] tooke the pleasure which the sonne of Maya had forehent.
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