Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foreefront \Foree"front`\, n.
   Foremost part or place.

         Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle.
                                                  --2 Sam. xi.
                                                  15.

         Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, standing in the forefront
         for all time, the masters of those who know. --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.