Definition of "forelay"

forelay¹

verb
third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid
1. To lay down beforehand
  Quotations
  these grounds being forelaid and understood
  a. 1639, Joseph Mede, Discourse V - Let a man so account of us as the Ministers of Christ, and Stewards of the Mysteries of God
  I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider […]
  1822, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.
2. To waylay.
  Quotations
  either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation
  c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon
  Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh — and breed panic above?”
  1913, James B. Connally, Sonnie-Boy's People
3. To plan; contrive in advance
  Quotations
  You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then.
  1917, Charles Neville Buck, The Tyranny of Weakness

forelay²

verb
1. simple past of forelie