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<hw>Fore*close"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Foreclosed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foreclosing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>forclos</ets>, p.p. of <ets>forclore</ets> to exclude; OF. <ets>fors</ets>, F. <ets>hors</ets>, except, outside (fr. L. <ets>foris</ets> outside) + F. <ets>clore</ets> to close. See <er>Foreign</er>, and <er>Close</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.</def>

<blockquote>The embargo with Spain <b>foreclosed</b> this trade. <i>Carew.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To foreclose a mortgager</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, termed his <i>equity of redemption<i>.</cd> -- <col>To foreclose a mortgage</col>, <cd>(not technically correct, but often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.</cd></cs>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Foreclosure</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*clo"sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.</def>

<h1>Foreconceive</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`con*ceive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To preconceive; to imagine beforehand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Foredate</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*date"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To date before the true time; to antendate.</def>

<h1>Foredeck</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore"deck`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.</def>

<h1>Foredeem</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*deem"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Udall.</i>

<blockquote>Laugh at your misery, as <b>foredeeming</b> you An idle meteor. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foredeem</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore*deem"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Foredoom</er>.]</ety> <def>To know or discover beforehand; to foretell.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Which could guess and <b>foredeem</b> of things past, present, and to come. <i>Genevan Test.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Foredesign</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`de*sign"</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To plan beforehand; to intend previously.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Foredetermine</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`de*ter"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To determine or decree beforehand.</def>

<i>Bp. Hopkins.</i>

<h1>Foredispose</h1> <Xpage=583>

<hw>Fore`dis*pose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bestow beforehand.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>