forelay

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪ === Etymology 1 === From fore- +‎ lay. ==== Verb ==== forelay (third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid) To lay down beforehand To waylay. c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation To plan; contrive in advance === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== forelay simple past of forelie === References === “forelay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.