fore prep. (in mod. edd. usually “'fore”; 1 and 2 late exx. of the senses)
1.
in the presence of Wint. IV. iii.
[iv.] 403 “Contract us these
witnesses”; in asseverations
All'sW. II. iii. 51
“ God, I
think so,”
Cor. I. i. 126
“Fore me.”
2.
before (of time)
Meas. II. ii. 160
“At any time
noon,”
Cor. IV. vii. 3
“the grace fore
meat.”
3.
in preference to
1H6 I. iii. 22
“prizest him
me?.”
