forenamed

[fawr-neymd, fohr-]

adjective

1. named before; mentioned before in the same writing or speech; aforementioned.

forenamed

/ ˈfɔːˌneɪmd /

adjective

1. (prenominal) named or mentioned previously; aforesaid

Word History and Origins

Origin of forenamed¹

1150–1200; Middle English. See fore-, named ( def. )

Example Sentences

NBC, unlike the forenamed institutions, did not hire an external law firm but instead used the well-regarded general counsel at NBCUniversal who was “more than qualified to spearhead” the investigation, said Hilary Smith, a spokeswoman for NBCUniversal.

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The forenamed gentlemen, one and all, far from lending strength to their cause by invoking the outworn traditions of the past and by appealing to the brute force of religious bigotry against the equal civic rights of all citizens, have turned state's evidence against their accomplices by the unthinking confession that the case for church exemption rests in the last analysis on treason to the Constitution and to the principle of separation of church and state.

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According to which my direction, my servants passed, and at the first missing the forenamed three persons for that they were departed forth of the castle before their coming, my men then parting into several companies upon knowledge that the others whom they sought were separated, Mr. Archibald Douglas sought for Mr. Thomas Hepburn and found him not, but got his horse, James Johnston sought for John Cockburn and apprehended him, Robert Douglas seeking for George Dalgleish.

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When, with considerable difficulty, they had performed this, all were ordered to go further away, except the two forenamed associates.

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And further by the traitorous instigation of Ralegh, Cobham did incite Brooke to move Arabella to write to the three forenamed princes to procure them to advance her title.

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