[f. FORE- pref. + ARM v.] trans. To arm beforehand; lit. and fig.
1592. Greene, Disc. Coosnage, II. 1. Forewarned, forearmed.
1682. Dryden, Medal, 67.
| From hence those Tears! that Ilium of our Woe! | |
| Who helps a pow’rful Friend, fore-arms a Foe. |
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1852), II. 429. Knowing that forewarned is forearmed.
1862. Goulburn, Pers. Relig., III. iv. (1873), 190. Then we are forearmed against surprises and contradictions.
