What does forelearn mean?
Forelearn means (transitive) To learn beforehand or in advance..
Forelearn
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Meaning
(transitive) To learn beforehand or in advance..
Example Sentences
Broder too, one of the Danish warriors at that battle, is represented as having consulted augury to forelearn the fate of the day.
But ere our metal cleave An unknown surface, heed we to forelearn The winds and varying temper of the sky, The lineal tilth and habits of the spot, What every region yields, and what denies. Here blithelier springs the corn, and here the grape, […]
[…] he entered into this agony and alteration of spirit, and that by this visitation, he forelearned what was the almighty will and pleasure of God, whose express charge he followed. By these subtle illusions and protestations, he not only seduced […]
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Word Forms
- forelearns
- forelearning
- forelearnt
- forelearned
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Broder too, one of the Danish warriors at that battle, is represented as having consulted augury to forelearn the fate of the day.
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