"foreweigh" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: foreweighs [present, singular, third-person], foreweighing [participle, present], foreweighed [participle, past], foreweighed [past]
Etymology: From fore- + weigh. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|weigh}} fore- + weigh Head templates: {{en-verb}} foreweigh (third-person singular simple present foreweighs, present participle foreweighing, simple past and past participle foreweighed)
  1. (transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foreweigh-en-verb-P-GMOzBm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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