Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forelay
Participle: forelaid
Gerund: forelaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | forelay |
| you | forelay |
| he;she;it | forelays |
| we | forelay |
| you | forelay |
| they | forelay |
Perfect
| I | have forelaid |
| you | have forelaid |
| he;she;it | has forelaid |
| we | have forelaid |
| you | have forelaid |
| they | have forelaid |
Past
| I | forelaid |
| you | forelaid |
| he;she;it | forelaid |
| we | forelaid |
| you | forelaid |
| they | forelaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had forelaid |
| you | had forelaid |
| he;she;it | had forelaid |
| we | had forelaid |
| you | had forelaid |
| they | had forelaid |
Future
| I | will forelay |
| you | will forelay |
| he;she;it | will forelay |
| we | will forelay |
| you | will forelay |
| they | will forelay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forelaid |
| you | will have forelaid |
| he;she;it | will have forelaid |
| we | will have forelaid |
| you | will have forelaid |
| they | will have forelaid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forelay |
| you | forelay |
| he;she;it | forelay |
| we | forelay |
| you | forelay |
| they | forelay |
Perfect
| I | have forelaid |
| you | have forelaid |
| he;she;it | have forelaid |
| we | have forelaid |
| you | have forelaid |
| they | have forelaid |
Imperfect
| I | forelaid |
| you | forelaid |
| he;she;it | forelaid |
| we | forelaid |
| you | forelaid |
| they | forelaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had forelaid |
| you | had forelaid |
| he;she;it | had forelaid |
| we | had forelaid |
| you | had forelaid |
| they | had forelaid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forelay |
| you | would forelay |
| he;she;it | would forelay |
| we | would forelay |
| you | would forelay |
| they | would forelay |
Perfect
| I | would have forelaid |
| you | would have forelaid |
| he;she;it | would have forelaid |
| we | would have forelaid |
| you | would have forelaid |
| they | would have forelaid |
Imperative
| you | forelay |
| we | Let's forelay |
| you | forelay |
Verbs conjugated like 'forelay'
againsay,
appay,
assay,
belay,
enlay,
forelay,
foresay,
forlay,
forsay,
gainsay,
inlay,
interlay,
lay,
mislay,
mispay,
missay,
outlay,
outstay,
overlay,
overpay, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'forelay'
forepay,
foreplay,
foresay,
forlay,
foray,
forebuy,
forecry,
forel,
forelead,
forelet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From fore- + lay.
Sample Sentences
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these grounds being forelaid and understood [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:]
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I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider […] [1822, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.:]
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c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon
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either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation
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Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh — and breed panic above?” [1913, James B. Connally, Sonnie-Boy's People:]
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You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then. [1917, Charles Neville Buck, The Tyranny of Weakness:]