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ˌfore-ˈreach, v. Chiefly Naut.
[f. fore- prefix + reach v.]
1. intr. To shoot ahead. Also, to fore-reach on, fore-reach upon (see quot. 1644).
1644H. Manwayring Sea-mans Dict. 42 When two ships saile together, or after one another, she which sailes best (that is fastest) doth Fore-reach upon the other. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. iv. 163 We found that we had both weathered and fore-reached upon her considerably. 1800C. Sturt in Naval Chron. IV. 394 Mr. Weld's cutter fore⁓reached, but I gained to windward. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1859) 252 She..had forereached on us so far as to be well before our beam by this time. 1842R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 106 Fore-reach, to shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.
2. trans. To reach beyond, gain ground upon, pass. Also fig. To get the better of.
1803Naval Chron. XXIII. 398 To endeavour to fore⁓reach her. 1845Napier Conq. Scinde ii. ii. 253 The general, coming back by a different route, had fore-reached them in such a scheme. 1870Daily News 12 May, At 8.30 the Sappho was rapidly forereaching her opponent.
3. trans. To seize beforehand, anticipate. rare.
1874Whittier My Triumph xvii, I..Fore-reach the good to be And share the victory.
Hence ˌfore-ˈreaching ppl. a., pushing, eager.
1864Skeat Uhland's Poems 102 Every hand and every spirit works Fore-reaching, active, for the general weal. |