fore-writev.
/(ˌ)fɔːˈrʌɪt/, U.S. /fɔ(r)ˈraɪt/ transitive. To write before or beforehand.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] > in writing
fore-write1634
prescribe1651
1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck ii. sig. E3 Time alone debates, Quarrells forewritten in the Booke of fates.
1872 H. W. Longfellow Div. Trag. i. Marriage in Cana What is to be Hath been fore-written in the thought divine From the beginning.
Derivatives
ˌfore-ˈwritten adj. (also forewritten-of)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [adjective] > predicted > in writing
fore-written1560
1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 205 The fore-written provincis.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 11 The forewritten-of Bishop of Norwich.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. v. 272 Such, as must have their grounds from fore-written truths.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 194 The forewritten hour.
ˈfore-writ n. something written before, a title.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > title
fore-writ1570
title1651
eyes and (also or) no eyes1794
book title1802
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miiiv/2 Ye Forewrit, titulus, prescriptum.
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c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1243 As for ryme or reson, þe forewryter was not to blame, For as he founde hit aforne hym, so wrote he þe same.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13 By the probable assertions of the best forewriters.
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