forecome

forecome

English

Etymology

From Middle English forcomen, from Old English forecuman, from Proto-Germanic *furaquemaną (“to come before”), equivalent to fore- +‎ come.

Verb

forecome (third-person singular simple present forecomes, present participle forecoming, simple past forecame, past participle forecome)

1. To come before and influence, especially to precede and prevent.
   • 1869, Paradise of the Christian soul, page 9:

     It is in vain that ye rise before the dawn to go forth to your labours and to your business, unless I, the Sun of Righteousness, forecome your efforts with My light.

   • 1869, Nova Scotia Archives, page 481:

     ...accordingly, there will be only two hundred remaining, which I desire him may be forwarded to you with the utmost dispatch, and I hope they will be with you time enough, to forecome any inconveniences the shameful desertion of those, that are gone off, might have put you to.

   • 1996, Sonia Bendix, Industrial relations in the new South Africa, page 291:

     However, to simplify matters and forecome continual amendments, many agreements now specify that the bargaining unit will encompass all employee classes where the union has significant representivity.

   • 1998, Clara Eugenia Garcia, ‎Luis Sanz Menéndez, Management and Technology - Volume 5, page 97:

     But to forecome this shortcoming the measurement and mapping techniques presented could be combined with other indicators.