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–noun

1.	a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.

2.	a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.

3.	an initial venture: a successful foray into politics.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to make a raid; pillage; maraud.

5.	to invade or make one's way, as for profit or adventure: foreign industries foraying into U.S. markets.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to ravage in search of plunder; pillage.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME forraien, appar. by back formation from forrayour, forreour, forrier < OF forrier, fourrier, equiv. to fo(u)rr(er), deriv. of fuerre provender (see forage) + -ier -ier²

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—Related forms

for·ay·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. attack, assault, invasion, incursion, sortie.

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for·ay Audio Help (fôr'ā', fōr'ā', fŏr'ā') Pronunciation Key
n.

A sudden raid or military advance.
A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area: an actor's foray into politics.

v. for·ayed, for·ay·ing, for·ays

v. intr.

To make a raid.
To make inroads, as for profit or adventure.

v. tr. Archaic
To pillage in search of spoils.

[Middle English forrai, from forraien, to plunder, probably back-formation from forreour, raider, plunderer, from Old French forrier, from forrer, to forage; see forage.]

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foray

1375, Scottish back-formation of forreyer "raider, forager," from O.Fr. forrier, from forrer "to forage," related to fuerre "fodder" (see forage).

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foray
noun
1.	a sudden short attack
2.	an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"
verb
1.	steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder]
2.	briefly enter enemy territory

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Foray

For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]

1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. --Shak.

One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.

Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.

Forage cap. See under Cap.

Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.

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