† forechoosev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To choose beforehand, pre-elect.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (transitive)]
aleseOE
abyeOE
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a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 27 God ches hyre and forches hire..And he maketh hire dwelle in his tabernacle.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xii. 132 Sche was forchosen from the begynnynge of the World.
1553 tr. Short Catech. 38 a We are forechosen..to euerlasting lyfe.
Derivatives
foreˈchosen adj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > person > collective
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1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1694/2 Not vnderstandyng God..and how throwe all daungers, hee saueth his forechosen.
foreˈchoosing n. the action of the verb.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > beforehand
forechoosinga1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iv. sig. Q3v Without framing out of her own wil the fore-chosing of any thing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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