"foredamn" meaning in English

See foredamn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: foredamns [present, singular, third-person], foredamning [participle, present], foredamned [participle, past], foredamned [past]
Etymology: From fore- + damn. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|damn}} fore- + damn Head templates: {{en-verb}} foredamn (third-person singular simple present foredamns, present participle foredamning, simple past and past participle foredamned)
  1. (transitive, possibly vulgar) To damn beforehand or in advance Tags: possibly, transitive, vulgar Derived forms: foredamned

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1918, The American Home Missionary",
          "text": "We believe environment has as much to do with the bringing in of the Kingdom of God as does personal conversion. The time is past when children should be born and bred in places that foredoom and foredamn them."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, Mehdi Ali Seljouk, My Goddess: A Devotional Epic:",
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        "(transitive, possibly vulgar) To damn beforehand or in advance"
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