foregripe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fore- +‎ gripe, after German vorgreifen

Verb

foregripe (imperative foregrip, present tense foregriper, passive foregripes, simple past foregrep or foregreip, past participle foregrepet, present participle foregripende)

to anticipate, forestall

References

“foregripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“foregripe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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