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Aforesaid

//əˈfɔɹsɛd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Previously stated; said or named before. not-comparable

    "I soon took pity upon them and on myself, and rode off; but before I had crossed the aforesaid green glade, I heard their voices and laughter rising gaily as before. Very impertinent!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    being the one previously mentioned or spoken of wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English aforesaid(e), aforeseid(e), past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”). Equivalent to afore- + said.

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