different between terms vs foreslow

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Alternative forms

• forslow

Etymology

Alteration of earlier forslow (spelling presumably influenced by fore-), from Middle English forslowen. More at forslow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)?sl??/, /f?(?)?sl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

foreslow (third-person singular simple present foreslows, present participle foreslowing, simple past and past participle foreslowed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be slow or tardy; to slow down.
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)

     Furthermore all that are carried with circular motion, seem to foreslow, and to move with more than one motion.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To slow, hinder, delay, impede.

   • No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow / Their hasty pace.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “foreslow”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN