† foreˈhent, v. Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + hent.]
trans. To seize beforehand; a. to cut off (in flight), overtake. b. To take in advance.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. iv. 49 A fearefull Dove..Having farre off espyde a Tassell gent..Doubleth her hast for feare to bee for-hent. 1593 Golding Ovid's Met. xi. 267 [He] toake the pleasure which the sonne of Maia had forehent. |