forewrite

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forewrite

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From Middle English fore-writen, from Old English forewrītan (“to proscribe, banish, write above, write before”), equivalent to fore- + write.

verb forewrites · forewriting · forewrote · forewritten

  1. ambitransitive, archaic To write beforehand; write in advance. How know'st thou those dark words the Eternal Hand Writes in the Book of Time? If God foresees, God must forewrite; and what is all the future Save one vast chronicle of sibyl things!

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@misc{forewrite_2026,
  title = {forewrite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forewrite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}