"foremove" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: foremoves [present, singular, third-person], foremoving [participle, present], foremoved [participle, past], foremoved [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move English foremove From fore- + move. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|fore-<id:beforehand>|move|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move English foremove [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "mover", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "movēre", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "move", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "move", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*m(y)ewh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*moweō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "moveō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Northern French", "term" : "movoir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro-nor" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "moven", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "move", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "foremove", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="foremove"> From fore- + move. Head templates: {{en-verb}} foremove (third-person singular simple present foremoves, present participle foremoving, simple past and past participle foremoved)
  1. (ambitransitive) To move beforehand; move in advance. Tags: ambitransitive
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