To settle or resolve something in advance; to establish or arrange beforehand.
From 'fore' (before) + 'settle' (establish, from Old English 'setl'). Compound verb describing preliminary arrangements or advance resolution.
Before contracts were common, people would 'foresettle' disputes by having village elders make preliminary agreements—an early form of conflict resolution.
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