forecome means to come before and influence, especially to precede and prevent. It carries an Arena rating of 1575, earned across 102 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, forecome ranks #4,835 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,920 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #5,633 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #7,045 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
Why “forecome” is a great word
FORECOME — [Verb] To come before and thereby influence or prevent what might have followed. From Middle English forcomen, from Old English forecuman, from Proto-Germanic *furaikwemaną ("to come before"), equivalent to the prefix fore- ("before") + the verb come. Unlike "precede," which neutrally marks an earlier position, or "preclude," which declares a final impossibility, to forecome is to arrive first with decisive, obstructive agency. It is the early frost that nips the blossom, the warning letter that halts a journey, or the forgotten grievance that taints a reunion—the quiet tyranny of the antecedent, scripting possibility by the mere fact of its prior arrival.
Etymology
From Middle English forcomen, from Old English forecuman, from Proto-Germanic *furaikwemaną (“to come before”), equivalent to fore- + come.
verb
- To come before and influence, especially to precede and prevent.e.g.“It is in vain that ye rise before the dawn to go forth to your labours and to your business, unless I, the Sun of Righteousness, forecome your efforts with My light.” — 1869, Paradise of the Christian soul, page 9:
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