fore|lay

fore|lay
fore|lay «fr LAY, fohr-», transitive verb, -laid, -lay|ing.
1. to lay obstacles in the way of; plot against; hinder; frustrate: »

I prevailed on his distraught widow to forelay and defeat the commercial passions and academic intrigues that were bound to come swirling around her husband's manuscript (Harper's).

2. Archaic or Dialect. to lie in wait for; waylay: »

An ambushed thief forelays a traveller (John Dryden).

3. Archaic or Dialect. to plan beforehand; prearrange: »

In all his works of art [he] has forelaid in his mind a perfect model of his intended fabric (Robert South).


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