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Definition of Foreby
1. prep. Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby.
Definition of Foreby
1. Preposition. (alternative form of forby) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foreby
1. forby [prep] - See also: forby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreby
Literary usage of Foreby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Faery Queene: Book I by Edmund Spenser, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1901)
"foreby, vi. 39; vii. 2 ; x. 36, close by; so in More's Utopia, p. 73: ' the river
runneth foreby the citie.' Foray is still in use in Scotland (Jamieson). ..."
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