foresaid

American  

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

adjective

1. aforementioned; aforesaid.

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foresaid British  

/ ˈfɔːˌsɛd /

adjective

1. a less common word for aforesaid

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Etymology

Origin of foresaid

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

foresaid

But the public censure of positive excommunication should not be inflicted without the church's consent, for the reasons foresaid.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

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 John Taylor

But these foresaid gentlemen having left the cellar, as they desired to find it, were then to seek for further helps wherewith to effect their designments when that act should be performed.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard

Then the foresaid lewd reason is worthy to be powdered, laid a-water and y-soused.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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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