far-reaching

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We're forereaching too near the Hog's Back, Capt.

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore

And trembling hope, and fainting, sorrowing love, On thy dear word for comfort doth rely; And clear-eyed Faith, with strong forereaching gaze, Beholds thee here, unseen, but ever nigh.

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

So we set a little sail, and commenced forereaching slowly on our course.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel

On this same tack Professor Soley represents the Java as forereaching on the Constitution; I have reversed this.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore