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foresaid

American  
[fawr-sed, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌsɛd, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

  1. aforementioned; aforesaid.


foresaid British  
/ ˈfɔːˌsɛd /

adjective

  1. a less common word for aforesaid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of foresaid

before 1000; Middle English forsaid, Old English foresǣd. See fore-, said 1

Example Sentences

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This foresaid Tuesday night 'twixt eight and nine, Well rigged and ballasted, both with beer and wine, I stumbling forward, thus my jaunt begun, And went that night as far as Islington.

From The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor by Taylor, John

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

After that the foresaid iudgement was declared with protestation by sir The earle of Salisburie his request.

From Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV by Holinshed, Raphael

Of his works we have only seen his synod sermon, and the foresaid letters, in print.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

For, lo, when these foresaid square stones were hewen and wrought for to be laid in the walls or pillars of GOD's Temple, none noise or stroke of the workmen was heard.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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