aforesaid

[uh-fawr-sed, uh-fohr-]

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adjective

said or mentioned earlier or previously.

RELATED WORDS

preceding, previous

Nearby words

Origin of aforesaid

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at afore, said¹

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Examples from the Web for aforesaid

I went away therefore to my old home, and left my aforesaid three English Neighbours to inhabit in it in my absence.
An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies|Robert Knox
That this place is the heart, that this is the origin of life as aforesaid, I should hope that none would doubt.
Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood|John G. Curtis
I keep (as the phrase is) in an absent members rooms till one of the aforesaid duetto return to appoint me my own.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Going into the aforesaid domino room, I passed a table at which sat a pale man with an open book before him.
Seven Men|Max Beerbohm

Take, therefore, "pleasaunt" reader, the following account of the prices for which some of the aforesaid book-gems were sold.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness|Thomas Frognall Dibdin

British Dictionary definitions for aforesaid

aforesaid

adjective

(usually prenominal) (chiefly in legal documents) spoken of or referred to previously

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Word Origin and History for aforesaid

aforesaid

adj.

late 14c., from afore + said.