forelay — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To lay down beforehand

   Examples

   these grounds being forelaid and understood

   I shall, before I instance, only forelay this That we must consider […]

2. To waylay.

   Examples

   c. 1624, Joseph Hall, a sermon either some secret detractor hath forelaid thee by a whispering misintimation

   Again Lavis heard him: "You thought to forelay me, eh — and breed panic above?”

3. To plan; contrive in advance

   Examples

   You folks had better forelay to come aboard by then.