English

Verb

forelay ‎(third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid)

1. To lay down beforehand

   These grounds being forelaid and understood. — Mede.

   I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider ... — The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI., 1822

2. To waylay

   Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh -- and breed panic above?” — James B. Connally, Sonnie-Boy's People, 1913

3. To plan; contrive in advance

   You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then. — Charles Neville Buck, The Tyranny of Weakness, 1917

Etymology 2

Verb

forelay

1. simple past tense of forelie

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