foretrust

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ trust.

Verb

foretrust (third-person singular simple present foretrusts, present participle foretrusting, simple past and past participle foretrusted)

1. (transitive) To trust beforehand; trust in advance.
   • 1852, Arthur Pridham, Notes and reflections on the Epistle to the Romans:

     Already it has been shown that both the covenants are theirs (chap, ix.), though the Church, as foretrusting in Christ (Eph. i. 12), enjoys the fatness of the blessing while the natural object of the covenant remains as yet an outcast.

   • 1995, Ante-Nicene Fathers: Latin Christianity:

     Therefore the Spirit and the Gospel will be found in the Christ, who was foretrusted, because foretold.

   • 2012, The Sacred Writings of Tertullian:

     He who was thus foretold, was also foretrusted.

Anagrams

• frotteurs