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English
Etymology 1
From fore- + bite (verb).
Verb
forebite (third-person singular simple present forebites, present participle forebiting, simple past forebit, past participle forebitten)
- (transitive) To bite beforehand or in front.
1897, Henry Ward Beecher, The original Plymouth pulpit:You may backbite him a little, but you will not forebite him at all.
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Etymology 2
From fore- + bite (noun).
Noun
forebite
- A condition where the (front) teeth are set too far forward in the mouth.
- 1963, Acta chirurgiae plasticae - Page 299:
- After orthodontic widening of right half and repair of forebite (c, d).
1977, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, Volume 94, Part 4 - Page 88:[…] forebite is almost an eight inch off and at this age not apt to improve.
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