foresaid
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of foresaid
before 1000; Middle English forsaid, Old English foresǣd. See fore-, said 1
Example Sentences
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Here they meet from all the foresaid places, always in the beginning of May by the King's commandment.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
I will not here cite Luther and Calvin, who are very copious in this kind, and will be fittest for those to bring that answer the foresaid books.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John
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
The foresaid city of Canasia is situated in waters and marshes, which alwayes stand still, neither ebbing nor flowing: howbeit it hath a defence for the winde like vnto Venice.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Mendoza, Juan Gonzalez de
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 Gerard, John
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