foreset
Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.
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”).
Forms
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.
- Most deltas contain three different types of deposits: foreset, topset and bottomset beds. — Fluvial Landforms
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Derived
Verb
- To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
- To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
- To propose, suggest.