Home › Words › F › foreruleforeruleforerule means to rule beforehand or ahead of time.EtymologyFrom fore- + rule.verbTo rule beforehand or ahead of timee.g.“She would be superstitious, and believe in a fore-ruling Destiny, and in guardian spirits that stood invisibly beside us, and rejoiced to see the happy consummation of their long-protracted endeavors.” — 1843, The Pupil of Raphael, volumes 1-2, page 37:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).