foremostadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːmə(ʊ)st/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌmoʊst/

Forms: Old English formest, fyrmest, ( firmest), Middle English–1600s formest, Middle English southern vormest, (Middle English furmest, Middle English for-, foremest(e, 1500s formes), Middle English firmest, Middle English–1600s formast, (Middle English formaste), 1500s–1600s formost(e, 1500s– foremost. See also forthmost adj. and adv.

Etymology: Old English formest , fyrmest : = Old Frisian formest , Gothic frumist-s , < Old Germanic *formo- (forme adj.¹) with additional superlative suffix (see -est suffix). Afterwards written so as to suggest a derivation < fore adj. + -most suffix.

A. adj.

†1.

a. In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; = first adj. 4a. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1525 Noema..was þe formest webster þat man findes o þat mister.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1051 Þe formast barn þat sco him bare, Was caim.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kiij/1 To repayre thoffence of our formest fader adam.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 63 If they could haue had any beginning, the Sonne had bin formost in that case.

†b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phrase at the foremost. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [noun] > first one

foremostc1200

handsel1573

primer1596

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 219 Þe laste man isib þe formeste, þe was biforn us.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 4 Atte firmast to-fore þe day of þe a compte of þe maistres.

a1400 Hymn Virg. 8 in Min. Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 134 Heil logge that vr lord in lay, The formast that never was founden in fable.

†c. After the name of a day of the week: Next following; = first adj. 4f. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent > immediately following in time

nextc1300

foremostc1330

nextmost1576

ensuing1611

instant1613

contiguous1622

near-following1625

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 Þe Wednesday formest þe Kyng had fulle grete hy.

†2.

a. First in serial order; = first adj. 3a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [adjective]

erstOE

foremostc1000

firstlOE

onec1384

firstmosta1400

primec1429

firstena1600

fust1851

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > preceding in order > first in order

erstOE

foremostc1000

firstlOE

c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 274 Feower heafod windas synd, se fyrmesta is easterne wind.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 17 Þe formeste word of þe salme.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 7 Sigge ðe vormeste viue. adoramus te christe. fif siðen kneolinde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26877 Þe quilk I talde þe of resun In þe neist formast questiun.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness B. 494 Monyth þe fyrst þat fallez formast in þe ȝer.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes ii. sig. T.iiii^v The bowynge of the foremost fynger, and settynge the ende of the thombe between the 2 foremost or hyghest ioyntes of it.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 288 Is not the morne ȝule day, formest of the ȝeir?

†b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phrases, a formest, an alre formest. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series

foremosta1250

summity1624

protoplast1645

front rank1872

lead-off1886

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 79 Understondeð þeonne an alre uormest.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 51 Ase we seiden þer uppe a vormest.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. x. 55 The formest hyghte Ymaginatiua, the mydle Logica, the thyrde memoratiua.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 126 Gif he fallis, the latter pairt is warst nor y^e formest.

1709 Tatler No. 24 The Foremost of the whole Rank of Toasts..are Mrs. Gatty and Mrs. Frontlet.

a. Most forward or advanced in position; front: = first adj. 2a. †Also in agreement with noun to indicate the front part or front of. (Cf. Latin summus mons, etc.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective]

furtherc1000

foremostc1275

formerc1384

farther1398

fornec1440

fore?a1513

forme1523

anterior1611

first1647

head1691

vanward1820

leading1825

forwardmost1834

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11878 A þen feoremeste [c1300 Otho forste] flocke feouwerti hundred.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2324 Þe prouost wiþ al þe puple presed forþ formast.

a1400 Octouian 1106 An ax..That heng on hys formest arsoun.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 46 He wolde come.., formeste of his company.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xiii. 126 b The whole skinne of a great Lion, fastened with the two formost feet before upon the brest.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 152 The foremost part of the Arms bones are broken.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 28 Who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Formost to stand against the Thunderers aime Your bulwark..?

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiii. 125 The Giant..was foremost now; but the Dwarf was not far behind.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 41 The king himself fought and fell in the foremost ranks of the battle.

1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 14 The foremost hounds are close on him.

b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phr. † a formest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [noun]

foremostc1275

headc1275

foreparty1398

forepartc1400

foresidec1400

devant1411

fronture1417

fore-endc1425

frontierc1430

forefront1488

forehead1525

frontc1540

vaunt1589

proscenium1648

frontside1697

van1726

fore-piece1788

façade1839

fore1888

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12282 Bedeuer a-uormest [c1300 Otho forst] eode mid guldene bolle.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 So þe furmest heuede ydon, ase þe erst vndertoc.

c1400 Song Roland 807 We haue the formest feld to the ground.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 137 Reynawde wente out of Bordews, the formest of all his folke.

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 67 Good will settyng me forthe with the foremost: I can not chuse but write.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 175 Those [dogs] which are young, fierce, and unaccustomed to the chace, are generally the foremost.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 281 The Smith of the Wynd..had been the foremost in the crowd that thronged to see the gallant champions of Clan Quhele.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxiii She was determined to march with the foremost.

c. in proverb denoting continuous action.

ΚΠ

1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. sig. E^v Neuer stir if hee fought not with great Sekerson foure hours to one, foremoste take vp hindmoste.

d. In adverbial phrases head, end, stern, etc. foremost, i.e. with the head, etc. first or in front.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] > with specific part in front

head, end, stern, etc. foremost1697

feet first1780

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 49 It flys down head foremost.

1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) iii. ix. 420 Wigs..wrong-side foremost.

1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 46 This is a science which naturally comes to us end foremost.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat..drove stern foremost before it [the tide].

4. Most notable or prominent, best, chief. Also more emphatically first and foremost: = first adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important

mosteOE

foremostc1000

headOE

headlyOE

nexta1200

umest1513

primary1565

headest1577

ruling1590

forward1591

capital1597

of the first magnitude1643

palmary1646

top1647

prepondering1651

headmost1661

home1662

life-and-death1804

palmarian1815

bada1825

key1832

première1844

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 27 Seþe wyle betweox eow beon fyrmest sy he eower þeow.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlix. 72 And suche one is that weneth to be first and formest that ofte fyndeth her the last of all.

1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 72 b Christ in his speach trulye affirmed his choise, which was chief, principall, and formest.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 8 Men ever famous, and formost in the achievements of liberty.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 83 Calchas, an augur foremost in his art.

1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn iv. 159 The Quakers were among the foremost sufferers.

absolute or elliptical.c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 20 Soðlice manega fyrmeste beoð ytemeste; & ytemeste fyrmesta.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 278 Hit was þe formast on flete þat on flode past.a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 136 The fore-most of them, Right knowledge, the rest are her sisters.

B. adv.

a. First, before any other or anything else, in position or rank; †formerly also, in time, serial order, etc.; = first adv. 1. Also in strengthened phrase, first and foremost.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > most importantly

foremostOE

primarily1587

in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591

mainly1640

perpendicularly1658

capitally1679

paramountly1798

leadingly1801

importantly1841

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > earliest or first of all

foremostOE

erstOE

firstc1180

aforewarda1200

erstly1600

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > precede or follow in order [phrase] > firstly

first and forward1362

first of alla1522

first and foremost1552

OE Cynewulf Elene 68 Here wicode, eorlas ymb æðeling, egstreame neahon neaweste nihtlangne fyrst, þæs þe hie feonda gefær fyrmest gesægon.

a1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Si forme lage þat is si ȝecende lage, þe god sett formest an þes mannes heorte.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1472 Esau was firmest boren, And iacob sone after.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 268 He swor formest þat ȝe schuld haue no harm.

1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Bvj^v The Logician first and formoste, professeth to know wordes, before he..knitte sentences.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 66 He formost dies, and yeelds to fatal dart: Ne liues she long.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Num. ii. 3) 3 Judah encamped foremost. It was fit the Lion should leade the way.

b. In the first place, firstly. See first adv. 1c.

ΚΠ

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 15 For ich formest and ferst..Haue ybe vnboxome.

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 212 First and formest..let them [etc.].

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 3 First and formest requisite it is, that the ground be good.

Derivatives

† ˈforemostly adv. Obsolete in the foremost place, in front.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]

aforeOE

forneOE

beforeOE

aforewarda1200

afornonc1275

toforec1330

onwardc1385

bifornysc1420

forouth1487

ahead1568

afrontc1570

forwardly1578

anteriorly1598

foremostly1607

devant1609

forward1619

forward on1630

front-wise1774

vanward1827

out front1934

upfront1937

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adverb]

beforeeOE

aforeOE

toforec1330

forthwitha1400

forwitha1400

forouth1487

ahead1578

foremostly1607

on1792

forward1838

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E Norfolke rides formostly, his crest well knowne.

?a1700 Ballad of Jephthah in Percy's Reliq. (1876) I. 184 When he saw his daughter dear Coming on most foremostly, He wrung his hands.

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单词	foremost
释义	foremostadj.adv. Brit. /ˈfɔːmə(ʊ)st/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌmoʊst/ Forms: Old English formest, fyrmest, ( firmest), Middle English–1600s formest, Middle English southern vormest, (Middle English furmest, Middle English for-, foremest(e, 1500s formes), Middle English firmest, Middle English–1600s formast, (Middle English formaste), 1500s–1600s formost(e, 1500s– foremost. See also forthmost adj. and adv. Etymology: Old English formest , fyrmest : = Old Frisian formest , Gothic frumist-s , < Old Germanic formo- (forme adj.¹) with additional superlative suffix (see -est suffix). Afterwards written so as to suggest a derivation < fore adj. + -most suffix. A. adj. †1. a. In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; = first adj. 4a. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi* (Vesp.) l. 1525 Noema..was þe formest webster þat man findes o þat mister. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1051 Þe formast barn þat sco him bare, Was caim. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kiij/1 To repayre thoffence of our formest fader adam. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 63 If they could haue had any beginning, the Sonne had bin formost in that case. †b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phrase at the foremost. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [noun] > first one foremostc1200 handsel1573 primer1596 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 219 Þe laste man isib þe formeste, þe was biforn us. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 4 Atte firmast to-fore þe day of þe a compte of þe maistres. a1400 Hymn Virg. 8 in Min. Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 134 Heil logge that vr lord in lay, The formast that never was founden in fable. †c. After the name of a day of the week: Next following; = first adj. 4f. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent > immediately following in time nextc1300 foremostc1330 nextmost1576 ensuing1611 instant1613 contiguous1622 near-following1625 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 Þe Wednesday formest þe Kyng had fulle grete hy. †2. a. First in serial order; = first adj. 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [adjective] erstOE foremostc1000 firstlOE onec1384 firstmosta1400 primec1429 firstena1600 fust1851 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > preceding in order > first in order erstOE foremostc1000 firstlOE c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 274 Feower heafod windas synd, se fyrmesta is easterne wind. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 17 Þe formeste word of þe salme. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 7 Sigge ðe vormeste viue. adoramus te christe. fif siðen kneolinde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26877 Þe quilk I talde þe of resun In þe neist formast questiun. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness B. 494 Monyth þe fyrst þat fallez formast in þe ȝer. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes ii. sig. T.iiii^v The bowynge of the foremost fynger, and settynge the ende of the thombe between the 2 foremost or hyghest ioyntes of it. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 288 Is not the morne ȝule day, formest of the ȝeir? †b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phrases, a formest, an alre formest. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series foremosta1250 summity1624 protoplast1645 front rank1872 lead-off1886 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 79 Understondeð þeonne an alre uormest. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 51 Ase we seiden þer uppe a vormest. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. x. 55 The formest hyghte Ymaginatiua, the mydle Logica, the thyrde memoratiua. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 126 Gif he fallis, the latter pairt is warst nor y^e formest. 1709 Tatler No. 24 The Foremost of the whole Rank of Toasts..are Mrs. Gatty and Mrs. Frontlet. 3. a. Most forward or advanced in position; front: = first adj. 2a. †Also in agreement with noun to indicate the front part or front of. (Cf. Latin summus mons, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] furtherc1000 foremostc1275 formerc1384 farther1398 fornec1440 fore?a1513 forme1523 anterior1611 first1647 head1691 vanward1820 leading1825 forwardmost1834 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11878 A þen feoremeste [c1300 Otho forste] flocke feouwerti hundred. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2324 Þe prouost wiþ al þe puple presed forþ formast. a1400 Octouian 1106 An ax..That heng on hys formest arsoun. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 46 He wolde come.., formeste of his company. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xiii. 126 b The whole skinne of a great Lion, fastened with the two formost feet before upon the brest. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 152 The foremost part of the Arms bones are broken. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 28 Who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Formost to stand against the Thunderers aime Your bulwark..? View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiii. 125 The Giant..was foremost now; but the Dwarf was not far behind. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 41 The king himself fought and fell in the foremost ranks of the battle. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 14 The foremost hounds are close on him. b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phr. † a formest. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] foremostc1275 headc1275 foreparty1398 forepartc1400 foresidec1400 devant1411 fronture1417 fore-endc1425 frontierc1430 forefront1488 forehead1525 frontc1540 vaunt1589 proscenium1648 frontside1697 van1726 fore-piece1788 façade1839 fore1888 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12282 Bedeuer a-uormest [c1300 Otho forst] eode mid guldene bolle. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 So þe furmest heuede ydon, ase þe erst vndertoc. c1400 Song Roland 807 We haue the formest feld to the ground. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 137 Reynawde wente out of Bordews, the formest of all his folke. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 67 Good will settyng me forthe with the foremost: I can not chuse but write. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 175 Those [dogs] which are young, fierce, and unaccustomed to the chace, are generally the foremost. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 281 The Smith of the Wynd..had been the foremost in the crowd that thronged to see the gallant champions of Clan Quhele. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxiii She was determined to march with the foremost. c. in proverb denoting continuous action. ΚΠ 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. sig. E^v Neuer stir if hee fought not with great Sekerson foure hours to one, foremoste take vp hindmoste. d. In adverbial phrases head, end, stern, etc. foremost, i.e. with the head, etc. first or in front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] > with specific part in front head, end, stern, etc. foremost1697 feet first1780 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 49 It flys down head foremost. 1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) iii. ix. 420 Wigs..wrong-side foremost. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 46 This is a science which naturally comes to us end foremost. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat..drove stern foremost before it [the tide]. 4. Most notable or prominent, best, chief. Also more emphatically first and foremost: = first adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important mosteOE foremostc1000 headOE headlyOE nexta1200 umest1513 primary1565 headest1577 ruling1590 forward1591 capital1597 of the first magnitude1643 palmary1646 top1647 prepondering1651 headmost1661 home1662 life-and-death1804 palmarian1815 bada1825 key1832 première1844 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 27 Seþe wyle betweox eow beon fyrmest sy he eower þeow. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlix. 72 And suche one is that weneth to be first and formest that ofte fyndeth her the last of all. 1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 72 b Christ in his speach trulye affirmed his choise, which was chief, principall, and formest. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 8 Men ever famous, and formost in the achievements of liberty. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 83 Calchas, an augur foremost in his art. 1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn iv. 159 The Quakers were among the foremost sufferers. absolute or elliptical.c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 20 Soðlice manega fyrmeste beoð ytemeste; & ytemeste fyrmesta.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 278 Hit was þe formast on flete þat on flode past.a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 136 The fore-most of them, Right knowledge, the rest are her sisters. B. adv. a. First, before any other or anything else, in position or rank; †formerly also, in time, serial order, etc.; = first adv. 1. Also in strengthened phrase, first and foremost. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > most importantly foremostOE primarily1587 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 mainly1640 perpendicularly1658 capitally1679 paramountly1798 leadingly1801 importantly1841 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > earliest or first of all foremostOE erstOE firstc1180 aforewarda1200 erstly1600 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > precede or follow in order [phrase] > firstly first and forward1362 first of alla1522 first and foremost1552 OE Cynewulf Elene 68 Here wicode, eorlas ymb æðeling, egstreame neahon neaweste nihtlangne fyrst, þæs þe hie feonda gefær fyrmest gesægon. a1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Si forme lage þat is si ȝecende lage, þe god sett formest an þes mannes heorte. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1472 Esau was firmest boren, And iacob sone after. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 268 He swor formest þat ȝe schuld haue no harm. 1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Bvj^v The Logician first and formoste, professeth to know wordes, before he..knitte sentences. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 66 He formost dies, and yeelds to fatal dart: Ne liues she long. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Num. ii. 3) 3 Judah encamped foremost. It was fit the Lion should leade the way. b. In the first place, firstly. See first adv. 1c. ΚΠ 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 15 For ich formest and ferst..Haue ybe vnboxome. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 212 First and formest..let them [etc.]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 3 First and formest requisite it is, that the ground be good. Derivatives † ˈforemostly adv. Obsolete in the foremost place, in front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb] aforeOE forneOE beforeOE aforewarda1200 afornonc1275 toforec1330 onwardc1385 bifornysc1420 forouth1487 ahead1568 afrontc1570 forwardly1578 anteriorly1598 foremostly1607 devant1609 forward1619 forward on1630 front-wise1774 vanward1827 out front1934 upfront1937 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adverb] beforeeOE aforeOE toforec1330 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 forouth1487 ahead1578 foremostly1607 on1792 forward1838 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E Norfolke rides formostly, his crest well knowne. ?a1700 Ballad of Jephthah in Percy's Reliq. (1876) I. 184 When he saw his daughter dear Coming on most foremostly, He wrung his hands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.OE
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