foresaid
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of foresaid
before 1000; Middle English forsaid, Old English foresǣd. See fore-, said 1
Example Sentences
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And again I said, 'As their works shew, the most part of men or women that go now on pilgrimages have not these foresaid conditions; nor loveth to busy them faithfully for to have.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Then King Arthur drest him for to ryde, 50 In one soe riche array, Towards the foresaid Tearne-wadling, That he might keepe his day.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
The foresaid low grounds are on one of the sides of the entrance, and Cape Royal is on the other.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
The foresaid novice is now a skilful seer, as appears from many late instances; he lives in the parish of St. Mary's, the most northern in Skye.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
ALL this abundantly shews how inexcusable the foresaid Physicians in France are, in their opposing the common Opinion that the Plague is contagious.
From A Discourse on the Plague by Mead, Richard
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