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English
Etymology
From fore- + lend.
Pronunciation
Verb
forelend (third-person singular simple present forelends, present participle forelending, simple past and past participle forelent)
- (transitive, archaic) to lend in advance
1912, Ezra Pound, “Ballate”, in Sonnets and Ballate of Guido Cavalcanti:Foretelling: Spirits mine, swift death shall end ye,
Cruel! if seeing me no tears forelend ye,
Sith but the being in thought sets wide mine eyes
For sobbing out my heart’s full memories.
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