forepassed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of forepassed
Example Sentences
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Have mind on thy forepassed fortunes; fear the worst, and entangle not thyself with present fancies, lest loving in haste, thou repent thee at leisure.
From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey
Poliphilus, forget now, and wype out of thy remembrance all forepassed griefes, occursiue troubles, pensiue conceites, and ouergone daungers, because that I am assured of thy forthwith full contentment of desire.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
He tells the proud and insolent, that they are but Abjects, and humbles them at the instant ; makes them crie, complaine, and repent; yea, even to hate their forepassed happinesse.
From Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar by Stevens, Henry
I have scene divers, by their death, either in good or evill, give reputation to all their forepassed life.
From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various
Suffer me, I beseech Thee, and give me grace to go over in my present remembrance the wanderings of my forepassed time, and to offer unto Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)
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