Aforesaid
[ə'fɔːsed]
Definition
(adj.) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; 'works of all the aforementioned authors'; 'said party has denied the charges' .
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Definition
(a.) Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Said before, aforementioned, before-mentioned, fore-named, above-mentioned, above-named.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Above-mentioned, stated, forenamed, foregoing, preceding, forementioned
ANT:Following, subjoined, aftercited, forthcoming
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Definition
adj. said or named before.
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Examples
- All these, and many more useful arts, too many to be enumerated here, wholly depend upon the aforesaid sciences, namely, arithmetic and geometry. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And when they were united in holy matrimony, they went home to breakfast at Stone Lodge aforesaid. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- With this discreet reflection, and carrying his stick in his arms much as Punch carries his, Mr Boffin turned into Clifford's Inn aforesaid. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mercury, swift-responsive, appears, receives instructions whom to produce, skims away, produces the aforesaid, and departs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You'll find it much pleasanter, Sir,' urged another stout gentleman, who strongly resembled the other half of the roll of flannel aforesaid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He had only been waiting till the aforesaid blighted affections were decently interred. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Tupman--the aforesaid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To Mrs Merdle, Mrs Gowan repaired on a visit of self-condolence, after having given the gracious consent aforesaid. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Boffin simply answered as aforesaid: 'Quite so, Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What he did was, once more to give her the appearance of vanishing as aforesaid. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nobody, as aforesaid, knew what he had done; but everybody knew him to be the greatest that had appeared. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The aforesaid grandeur was yet full upon Mr Dorrit when he alighted at his hotel. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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