foreset

Meanings

Verb

• To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
• To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
• To propose, suggest.

Noun

• An obstacle; hindrance.
• That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
• The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.

Adjective

• Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

Origin

• From Middle English foresetten, from Old English fōresettan ("to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede"), equivalent to fore- + set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten ("to put in front"), German vorsetzen ("to put in front, offer, serve up"), Swedish föresätta ("to put before").