单词 | forehent |
释义 | † forehentv. Obsolete. transitive. To seize beforehand. a. to cut off (in flight), overtake. ΘΚΠ 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 forehent1590 head1707 to head off1825 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take before forehent1567 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xi. f. 140 [He] tooke the pleasure which the sonne of Maya had forehent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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