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forepassed

American  
[fawr-past, -pahst, fohr-] / fɔrˈpæst, -ˈpɑst, foʊr- /
Or forepast

adjective

  1. already in the past; bygone.


Etymology

Origin of forepassed

First recorded in 1550–60; fore- + passed

Example Sentences

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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

Kind Marian, with sweet comforts comfort him, And my tall yeomen, as you me affect, Upbraid him not with his forepassed life.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

It is the master-day, the day that judgeth all others: it is the day, saith an auncient Writer, that must judge of all my forepassed yeares.

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various

And all the plagues that damned furies feele For their forepassed bold iniquities, Afflict you both for thus preventing me!

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

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

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