aforesaid


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a·fore·said

 (ə-fôr′sĕd′)
adj.
Spoken of earlier.
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aforesaid

(əˈfɔːˌsɛd)
adj
(usually prenominal) (chiefly in legal documents) spoken of or referred to previously
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a•fore•said

(əˈfɔrˌsɛd, əˈfoʊr-)

adj.
said or mentioned earlier or previously.
[1375–1425]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.aforesaid - being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges"
same - same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
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aforesaid

adjective aforementioned, previously mentioned, earlier mentioned, prior mentioned, aforenamed the aforesaid organizations and institutions
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Translations
المَذْكُور آنِفاً
uvedený
ovennævnt
fenti
fyrrnefndur
minėtas
iepriekšminētais
vyššie uvedený
adı geçenaz önce zikredilen

aforesaid

(əˈfoːsed) adjective
said, named etc before (usually in an earlier part of a document).
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References in classic literature ?
Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne Parts of Virginia; doe, by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.
'That, with the view just mentioned, this Association has taken into its serious consideration a proposal, emanating from the aforesaid, Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., and three other Pickwickians hereinafter named, for forming a new branch of United Pickwickians, under the title of The Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club.
This much, Jerry, with his head becoming more and more spiky as the law terms bristled it, made out with huge satisfaction, and so arrived circuitously at the understanding that the aforesaid, and over and over again aforesaid, Charles Darnay, stood there before him upon his trial; that the jury were swearing in; and that Mr.
And not only the poets, but the masters of these poets, the managers of playhouses, seem to be in this secret; for, besides the aforesaid kettle-drums, &c., which denote the heroe's approach, he is generally ushered on the stage by a large troop of half a dozen scene-shifters; and how necessary these are imagined to his appearance, may be concluded from the following theatrical story:--
Although I was convinced that the inhabitants of our bay were as arrant cannibals as any of the other tribes on the island, still I could not but feel a particular and most unqualified repugnance to the aforesaid Typees.
Now the defendants afterwards took the fish; ergo, the aforesaid articles were theirs.
Each of the aforesaid quantities is said to be equal or unequal.
The Captain John Hull aforesaid was the mint-master of Massachusetts, and coined all the money that was made there.
When she rose from her stool under a finished cow Angel Clare, who had been observing her for some time, asked her if she would take the aforesaid creatures next.
But when a knight cometh that is so hardy to kiss her, he shall not die, but he shall turn that damsel into her right shape and shall be lord of the country aforesaid."
If I hadn't felt so much like the aforesaid elephant I'd have gone to her.
"'That the said Quinbus Flestrin, contrary to the duty of a faithful subject, is now preparing to make a voyage to the court and empire of Blefuscu, for which he has received only verbal license from his imperial majesty; and, under colour of the said license, does falsely and traitorously intend to take the said voyage, and thereby to aid, comfort, and abet the emperor of Blefuscu, so lately an enemy, and in open war with his imperial majesty aforesaid.'