different between foreplay vs forelay

English

Etymology

From fore- +? play.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??(?)ple?/

Noun

foreplay (uncountable)

1. In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.

Synonyms

• contrectation
• foresex

Translations

See also

• afterplay

Verb

foreplay (third-person singular simple present foreplays, present participle foreplaying, simple past and past participle foreplayed)

1. (intransitive) To engage in foreplay.

Further reading

• foreplay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From fore- +? lay.

Verb

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

1. To lay down beforehand
   • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, Discourse V - Let a man so account of us as the Ministers of Christ, and Stewards of the Mysteries of God

     these grounds being forelaid and understood

   • 1822, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.

     I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider […]

2. To waylay
   • 1913, James B. Connally, Sonnie-Boy's People

     Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh -- and breed panic above?”

3. To plan; contrive in advance

Etymology 2

Verb

forelay

1. simple past tense of forelie

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