English

Verb

foreown ‎(third-person singular simple present foreowns, present participle foreowning, simple past and past participle foreowned)

1. (transitive) To own previously, prior to, or beforehand; preown.
   • 1945, United States. Board of Tax Appeals, B.T.A. Memorandum Decisions - Volume 1 - Page 31:

     [...] and the New York corporation proceeded to manufacture paper cups and dispensers and carried on a general paper drinking cup business under the protection of the patents and applications for patents thereto foreowned and held by the Maine corporation and transferred to it in exchange for shares of its capital stock.