forecharge meaning (rare): definition, etymology and quotations

forecharge

verb

Etymology From fore- + charge.

Rare To charge in advance.

Thus prophetic spake A voice of faith, forecharged with evolution's law.1896, Ohio Educational Monthly, volume 45, numbers 1-36, page 98:
The rights are listed in article 35," and one or two of them merit some further comment: " person brought to administrative responsibility shall have the right to forecharge vprave znakomit'sia himself with the materials of the case..."1982, Review of Socialist Law - Volume 8 - Page 57

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We are charged with the instinct of the kind of unity-potential I have described, forecharged; and this is not subject to evolutionary development, is something that has been since the creation, and towards which the materiality of the universe has evolved, …2004, Laura (Riding) Jackson, John Nolan, Alan James Clark, Under the Mind's Watch

noun

Etymology From fore- + charge.

A charge made beforehand or in advance.

The city had a plan on paper which, as he had before stated, would cost 900,000l. and tho' comprehending a very extensive system of improvement, would be completed in 24 months, or three years at most, without any forecharge whatever.1796, The Parliamentary Register
To such a party, a railway suddenly coming through the country to which he has retired to spend his leisure, must, indeed, be a God-send, if he chooses to hold himself out as an amenity witness, and if the forecharges are sustained.1903, John Rankine, The Scots Revised Reports:

Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry The shot in the forward part of a firearm cartridge.

The fore-charges were individually packed in thin metal containers and loaded in the gun that way;2014, Arthur J Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: