Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To contrive in advance.
  • See forlay.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To lay down beforehand.
  • transitive verb obsolete To waylay. See Forlay.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past of forelie.
  • verb To lay down beforehand
  • verb To waylay
  • verb To plan, contrive in advance

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

fore- +‎ lay

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