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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foray \For"ay\ (?; 277), n. [Another form of forahe. Cf {Forray}.] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. --Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foray \For"ay\, v. t. To pillage; to ravage. He might foray our lands. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foray n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: {raid}, {maraud}] 2: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics" v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle}, {ransack}, {pillage}] 2: briefly enter enemy territory
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