See Also: fore-(dictionary)
fore-(dictionary)
fore and aft(dictionary)
fore(2)(dictionary)
fore(1)(dictionary)
Fore(medicine)
fore(dictionary)
fore-end(dictionary)
fore-topsail(dictionary)
fore 1, noun(dictionary)

biography (iou) and fore(1) (iou)


biography (iou)



biography noun & verb. L17.
[French biographie or mod. Latin biographia, medieval Greek biographia: see BIO-, -GRAPHY.]
A. noun.
The history of the lives of individuals, as a branch of literature. L17.
A written life of a person. L18.
The life-course of a living (esp. human) being. M19.
b. verb trans. Write the life of; make the subject of a biography. M19.
biogra'phee noun a person who is the subject of a biography M19.
biographer noun a writer of biographies or the life of a person E18.
bio'graphic adjective of or pertaining to (a) biography L18.
bio'graphical adjective = biographic adjective M18.
bio'graphically adverb M18.
biographist noun = biographer M17.
biographize verb trans. & intrans. write a biography (of) E19.

fore(1) (iou)



fore adjective & noun. L15.
[Independent use of FORE-.]
A. adjective.
Anterior in time, previous, former. L15-E18.
Situated in front. Freq. opp. back, hind, aft. E16.
J. Spottiswood The Cannon having made great breaches in the fore and back walls.
b. noun. The forepart of something, the front; the bow of a ship. (Earliest in to the fore below.) M17.
to the fore (a) (of a person) present, on the spot, alive, surviving; (b) (of money etc.) ready, available; (c) in full view, conspicuous; (d) come to the fore, come to the front, come into prominence, take a leading part.