Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An entrance gate.
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Examples
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They sighted steel from the towers, a good way off then, but by now they must be in the castle foregate.
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I entered the palace of Arthygater Katharos by the foregate, which I had never done before.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Uncle Zubana and Marasa pulled me in the blue cart up to the foregate of the Court of Tranquil Waters.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I had no way to get word to the king, or to Lame and Chunner, who waited for me at the foregate of the palace with a rented cart.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I entered the palace of Arthygater Katharos by the foregate, which I had never done before.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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The Fortune of the City came to the foregate of every palace, where he was welcomed joyously and given gifts to persuade him to tarry for a year; the Misfortune came to the hindgate and demanded tribute for the favor of staying away.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Uncle Zubana and Marasa pulled me in the blue cart up to the foregate of the Court of Tranquil Waters.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I had no way to get word to the king, or to Lame and Chunner, who waited for me at the foregate of the palace with a rented cart.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I had no way to get word to the king, or to Lame and Chunner, who waited for me at the foregate of the palace with a rented cart.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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The Fortune of the City came to the foregate of every palace, where he was welcomed joyously and given gifts to persuade him to tarry for a year; the Misfortune came to the hindgate and demanded tribute for the favor of staying away.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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