Foresnatch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Foresnatch is a verb meaning (transitive, very rare, UK, dialectal) To snatch in advance.
Meaning
(transitive, very rare, UK, dialectal) To snatch in advance.
Example Sentences
[...] at once reach the objects of her infant admiration and draw them nearer to her eagerness, then ran with pouting lips to foresnatch her father's kisses.
Friends of the people! — glorious name, indeed, If these bestow, not you foresnatch, the meed — Your motive, not your means, the Muse admires, Whom kindred aims — congenial zeal inspires; [...]
Hoar Pindus, from his rocky barriers, Looks on thy ranks of gay-plumed warriors, And sees an ominous sight : The leafy tent for victory graced, Foresnatching fate with impious haste From gods that rule the fight.
Word Forms
- foresnatches
- foresnatching
- foresnatched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upsnatch, snatch, forset, resnatch, click, snaffle.
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