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  • noun A headstart.

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From fore- +‎ start.

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Examples

  • God, and the lateness or novelty of his appearance in the flesh as man, — nothing so old, for he hath the infinite forestart of the oldest and most ancient creatures.

    The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640

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