"foregive" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: foregives [present, singular, third-person], foregiving [participle, present], foregave [past], foregiven [participle, past]
Etymology: From fore- + give. Cognate with German vorgeben (“to pretend”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|give}} fore- + give, {{cog|de|vorgeben||to pretend}} German vorgeben (“to pretend”) Head templates: {{en-verb|foregives|foregiving|foregave|foregiven}} foregive (third-person singular simple present foregives, present participle foregiving, simple past foregave, past participle foregiven)
  1. (transitive) To give ahead of time; give in advance. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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