different between foreread vs fortread

English

Alternative forms

• fore-read

Etymology

From fore- +? read.

Verb

foreread (third-person singular simple present forereads, present participle forereading, simple past and past participle foreread)

1. (transitive) To signify beforehand; predict.
   • 1907, Harper's magazine: Volume 114:

     He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe, while England would remain supine, simply because Neweastle was a fool and Ormskirk would be dead.

2. (transitive) To read beforehand or ahead of time.
3. (transitive) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.

Noun

foreread (plural forereads)

1. A foreword; preface.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan (“to tread down, trample on”), from Proto-Germanic *fratredan?, *fratrudan? (“to trample”), equivalent to for- +? tread. Compare Saterland Frisian fertreede, Dutch vertreden (“to trample”), German Low German vertreden, German vertreten ("to represent"; < Old High German firtretan (“to trample”)).

Verb

fortread (third-person singular simple present fortreads, present participle fortreading, simple past fortrod, past participle fortrodden)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.