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单词 forelay
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forelayv.

/fɔːˈleɪ/
Etymology: < fore- prefix + lay v.1
1.
a. transitive. To lie in wait for, waylay. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > lie in wait for
keepc1000
waitc1200
aspya1250
awaita1250
wait onc1390
to wait on ——1390
forestall1413
belay1470
to lay fora1513
waylay1513
forelay1548
ambush1555
counterwait1562
to lie for1611
set1670
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. viv He was forelayed and taken.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 667 For feare (quoth he) that I be forlaied by the way, and rifled by him.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 19 An ambush'd Thief forelays a Traveller.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Fore-lay, to waylay.
b. To lie in ambush about or near (a place).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > haunt with hostile intent > lie in ambush near
seta1400
forelay1565
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 80v Hys enemys might..forlay the wayes.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. lii. 274/1 His associate had forelaid the Countrey, and hemmed him about.
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 106 They had forelaid the Passages by land.
c. figurative. To lay obstacles in the way of; to plot or take action against; to embarrass, frustrate, hinder, interfere with. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by interference
mareOE
disturbc1386
annoyc1405
interrupta1420
ail1499
blent1530
forelay1571
intervene1588
intervent1600
interpose1615
disrupt1817
derange1848
to put a crimp in (also into, on)1889
crab1899
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (v. 11) The Lord..forlayeth their craftynesse.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. 58 Then Ebwith, and with her slides Srowy; which forelay Her progresse.
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 200 How cunningly doth he fore-lay their confidence.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 561 With chosen Foot his Passage to forelay; And place an Ambush in the winding way.
1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle ii. v She would her own sweet peace forelay.
2. To lay down or plan beforehand; to pre-arrange; with both material and immaterial objs. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]
forethinkc897
bethinka1225
compass1297
contrivec1330
ordain1340
conjectc1380
imaginec1380
cast1382
ordaina1387
advisec1400
forecast1413
imagec1450
ordainc1450
project1477
foreminda1535
invent1539
aimc1540
practise1550
plat1556
trive1573
meditate1582
patterna1586
plot1589
platform1592
design1594
chew1600
forelay1605
to map out1618
to cut out1619
agitate1629
laya1631
plod1631
cut1645
calculate1654
concert1702
to scheme out1716
plan1718
model1725
to rough out1738
to lay out1741
plan1755
prethink1760
shape1823
programme1834
pre-plan1847
encompass1882
target1948
1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas iii. iii. sig. D5 Enuy will most cunningly forelay The ambush of their ruine.
a1619 F. Davison Poet. Rapsody (1826) II. 361 Privy snares my foes fore-lay.
1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 1 The wise God..forelaid a double-foundation, of sin in the enemy, and humiliation in his people.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 252 An excellent artificer, who in all his works of art, has forelaid in his mind a perfect model of his intended fabrick.
1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 52 Thus the ground was forelaid for great rejoicing.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby

Derivatives

ˈforelaid adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned
compassedc1430
contrivedc1450
imagined1509
castc1540
devised1552
plotted1592
projected1630
brewed1637
forelaid1640
laid1697
calculated1723
planned1728
unspontaneous1791
programmed1845
tactical1876
drafted1877
programmatical1890
programmatic1899
1640 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 9 Nov. 8 I levell at no man with a forelayd designe.
1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §16 The constituted and fore-laid principles of his Art. View more context for this quotation
foreˈlaying n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > hostile lying in wait
awaitingc1380
awaita1387
gatea1400
awatch1519
wait1533
forelaying1600
waylaying1611
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) v. xxviii. 199 There was no feare of ambushments and forelayings.
1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 259 Thus far by way of..forelaying of the ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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