Definition of Foremeant

1. a. Intended beforehand; premeditated.

Definition of Foremeant

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Intended beforehand; premeditated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foremeant

1. foremean [v] - See also: foremean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foremeant

forelocks
forelook
forelooked
forelooking
forelooks
forels
forelying
foreman
foremanship
foremanships
foremast
foremasts
foremath
foremean
foremeans
foremeant (current term)
foremen
forementioned
foremilk
foremilks
foremind
foreminded
foreminding
foreminds
foremost
foremostly
foremother
foremothers
forename
forenamed

Literary usage of Foremeant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1877)
"But now postulating that it is a foremeant forgery, I soon come to a reductio—I will not say ad absurdum, but it is to me—ad ..."

2. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"Has he foremeant some distant age to bless, Disarm oppression, or expel distress ? Plans he some scheme to reconcile mankind, People the seas, ..."

3. The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors by Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh (1819)
"Has he foremeant some distant age to bless, Disarm oppression, or expel distress ? Flans he some scheme to reconcile mankind, People the seas, ..."

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