forestate

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English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ state.

Verb

forestate (third-person singular simple present forestates, present participle forestating, simple past and past participle forestated)

  1. (transitive) To state in advance
    • 1841, Baron Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Speeches of Henry lord Brougham:
      That was the occasion when the Cardinal Gonsalvi, knowing whom he should please, and what schemes were in progress, ventured to forestate the decision of the parliament on the Bill that now engages its attention.
    • 1896, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 77:
      It is far from being what I should like to write about them, but perhaps enough has been said to forestate the problem as it appears to one who has traveled with these children and learned to know them “in the open.”
    • 1912, Henry Howard Harper, The Stumbling Block:
      "And I'll bet she's found him and given him that money," he continued, — forestating Sid's own conclusion.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

forestate

  1. inflection of forestare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

forestate f pl

  1. feminine plural of forestato

Spanish

Verb

forestate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of forestar combined with te