Forehold

From - + hold("to hold an opinion, deem").

Full definition of forehold

Verb

1. (transitive) To hold or believe beforehand; assume; anticipate; predict; presage; prognosticate.
• 1902, Iowa. Board of Control of State Institutions, Bulletin of State Institutions the Board of Control.: Volume 4:Instead of that he has encountered nothing but harsh criticism, unkindly dispositions, even on the part of his relatives, and he naturally drifted into places and surroundings where legitimate sympathy was not foreheld.
• 2001, Aspasius, David Konstan, Michael (of Ephesus), On Aristotle Nicomachean ethics 8:Or he may call "he who foreholds" the one who wants and receives, rather than the one who confers first: he calls ...

Derived terms

• foreholding

From - + hold.

Noun

1. (nautical) The front or forward part of the hold of a ship.