different between foreready vs foreread

English

Etymology

From fore- +? ready. Compare Dutch voorbereiden.

Verb

foreready (third-person singular simple present forereadies, present participle forereadying, simple past and past participle forereadied)

1. (transitive) To make ready ahead of time; prepare in advance.
   • 1995, Percy Grainger's Gift to the Land of His Birth:

     If l am a lifemaster l have the same "right" to a museum as these other men & have a full right to foreready for it while l am alive.

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.