Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreprize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: foreprize
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] God hath foreprized things of the greatest weight, and hath therein precisely defined, as well that which euery man must performe, as that which no man may attempt […]"
"I denied that Bishops had authority to prescraibe Conditions to Kings, when they Crowned them; but I never denyed that the People might preserve the foundation, freedome, and forme of their Common-wealth, which they foreprized when they first consented to have a King."
"Excepted, and always Foreprized out of this Our Pardon, all Treasons committed or done in the Parts beyond the Seas, or in any other Place out of this Our Realm […]"

Etymology

From fore- + prize (“take”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

foreprizes (present, singular) foreprizing (participle, present) foreprized (participle, past) foreprized (past)

Questions

What does foreprize mean?: To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate.
Where does foreprize come from?: From fore- + prize (“take”).

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