v. Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + HENT.] trans. To seize beforehand; a. to cut off (in flight), overtake. b. To take in advance.

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1590.  Spenser, F. Q., III. iv. 49.

        Like as a fearefull Doue, which through the raine,
Of the wide aire her way does cut amaine,
Hauing farre off espyde a Tassell gent,
Which after her nimble wings doth straine,
Doubleth her haste for feare to be for-hent.

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1593.  Golding, Ovid’s Met., XI. 267. Apollo … toake the pleasure which the Sonne of Maia had forehent.

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