Foreright

Foreright
Foreright Fore"right`, a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [Obs.] ``A foreright wind.'' --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

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  • Foreright — Fore right , adv. Right forward; onward. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foreright — I. ˈfōrˌrīt adverb Etymology: Middle English, from fore + right (adverb) now dialect England : straight ahead : directly forward II. adjective 1. dialect England …   Useful english dictionary

  • foreright — fore·right …   English syllables

  • foreright — The first or preferred right to inherit; tile right of primogeniture …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • -right — suffix, representing OE. riht adj. and rihte adv., which are employed as suffixes in OE. forðriht, rihte forthright, and upriht, rihte upright. A few other compounds of the same type appear first in early ME., as † adownright, † anonright,… …   Useful english dictionary

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