What does foreprize mean?
Foreprize means (obsolete) To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate..
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(obsolete) To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate..
[…] God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and hath therein precisely defined, as well that which euery man must performe, as that which no man may attempt […]
I denied that Bishops had authority to prescraibe Conditions to Kings, when they Crowned them; but I never denyed that the People might preserve the foundation, freedome, and forme of their Common-wealth, which they foreprized when they first consented to have a King.
Excepted, and always Foreprized out of this Our Pardon, all Treasons committed or done in the Parts beyond the Seas, or in any other Place out of this Our Realm […]
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Foreprize means (obsolete) To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate..
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[…] God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and hath therein precisely defined, as well that which euery man must performe, as that which no man may attempt […]
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