| 释义 |
foreˈact v.
[f. fore- prefix + act v.]
trans. and intr. To act beforehand (see senses of act v.).
1757Dyer Fleece i. 261 Sagacious care foreacts. 1840R. I. Wilberforce 5 Empires 33 The great deeds of the Son of God foreacted in dumb show in the ordinances of God's worship.
Hence fore-acted ppl. a.; fore-acting vbl. n.
a1618Sylvester Job Triumph. Proem 865 To finde some hole in my fore-acted Life. 1652Caryl Exp. Job xi.–xiv. 507 These dispensations being (præludia gloriæ) the fore-actings of a glorified estate. 16822nd Plea for Nonconf. 26 Their fore-acted Conspiracies. |