FORELIE

Etymology

Verb

forelie (third-person singular simple present forelies, present participle forelying, simple past forelay, past participle forelain)

(obsolete) To lie in front.

Source: Wiktionary


Fore*lie", v. i.

Definition: To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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