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单词 foreward
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forewardn.1

Forms: Middle English foreweard, Middle English foreward(e, (Middle English voreward, Middle English vorewerde), Middle English–1500s forward(e, (Middle English forwart).
Etymology: Old English foreweard strong feminine, forewarde weak feminine, < fore- prefix + weard strong feminine security, precaution: see ward n.2 Compare Dutch voorwaarde, Old Norse forvǫrðr.
Obsolete.
An agreement, compact, covenant, promise.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement
forewardOE
accordc1275
covenant1297
end1297
form1297
frettec1330
conjurationc1374
treatc1380
bargainc1386
contractc1386
comenaunt1389
compositionc1405
treaty1427
pact1429
paction1440
reconventionc1449
treatisea1464
hostage1470
packa1475
trystc1480
bond (also band) of manrent1482
covenance1484
concordance1490
patisement1529
capitulation1535
conventmenta1547
convenience1551
compact1555
negotiation1563
sacrament1563
match1569
consortship1592
after-agreementa1600
combourgeoisie1602
convention1603
comburghership1606
transaction1611
end-makingc1613
obligement1627
bare contract1641
stipulation1649
accompackmentc1650
rue-bargaina1657
concordat1683
minute1720
tacka1758
understanding1803
meet1804
it's a go1821
deal1863
whizz1869
stand-in1870
gentlemen's agreement1880
meeting of minds1883
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1109 Ðær wurdon þa fore-wearda full worhte.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 548 Al þat forward [c1300 Otho foreward] was ilest.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 215 Þet me maki uorewerdes.
c1450 Chester Pl., Deluge 345 A forwarde now with thie I make.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

forewardn.2

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s forward(e, Middle English fowarde.
Etymology: < fore- prefix + ward n.2
Obsolete.
1. The first line of an army, vanguard, front. in foreward: in the van.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front
forerunnerseOE
vantward1297
formerward13..
forme-ward13..
vamward1338
fronta1375
pointa1382
frontier?a1400
vawarda1400
forayc1425
avantwardc1440
avant-garde1470
vanward1476
vantguard1485
vanguard1487
foreward1490
forefront1513
foremen1577
forefight?1611
vaunta1616
van1633
first line1663
front line1677
firing line1859
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 41 Fyrste of alle came the forewarde wyth the Oryflame.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy iv. 1148 Nestor..Fare shall before the forward to lead.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. a.vijv Vpon the syde whearof our foreward stoode.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 617 After a short resistance hee discomfited the Foreward of King Richard.
1664 Floddan Field vi. 52 And that in foreward with his Grace He should him find fit for to fight.
figurative.1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. 90 M. Iuell hath made but a simple brauerye in this forewarde of his doctours.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xii. 137 This one word..placed in the foreward.
2. The command of the van; a position in the van.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > leading or commanding > command of vanguard
forewardc1450
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 732.
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 502 King Lukafer..shalle have the Fowarde.
c1460 Otterbourne 102 in Percy's Reliq. Thou arte my eme, The forwarde I gyve to the.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 11 The forward in al battels belongeth to them.
figurative.1554 J. Hooper Let. 4 Jan. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 122 Doubtles it is a singuler fauour of God..to geue you this foreward and preeminence.

Derivatives

fore-ˈwarder n. one of the foreward or vanguard.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by position > [noun] > in front or vanguard
fore-rider1488
fore-warder1611
fore-fighter1883
frontliner1917
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. v. 192/2 Caligula..lost the defense of his fore-warders, and the straitnesse of the place permitted not his gard to follow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

forewardv.

Etymology: < fore- prefix + ward v.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To guard, or fortify in front.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)] > fortify in front
foreward1610
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 817 Which she hath so forewarded againe, with a counter scarfe.
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