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foresaid, a.|ˈfɔəsɛd| [f. fore- prefix + said.] = aforesaid. (In Sc. writings of 16th c., and in legal formulæ until 18th c., it occurs with plural ending forsaidis.) Now rare.
c1000ælfric Josh. vi. 22 Iosue cwæþ þa siððan to þam foresædan ærendracum. a1300Cursor M. 6392 (Cott.) Moyses..smat it wit þis forsaid wand. 1340Ayenb. 190 Þe uorzede manne. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. xiv. 105, I sawe a semely persone standyng nyhe the forsaid tree. 1563Shute Archit. B j b, The measures of the forsayde Pillours. 1585Jas. I. Essayes in Poesie (1869) 55 Many of thir foirsaides preceptis. 1679Dryden Tr. & Cr. iii. i. Wks. 1883 VI. 325 All of these foresaid men are fools. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 321 When the fore-said warriors returned home. 1787Cowper Let. 17 Nov., ‘Foresaid little Bishop and I had much talk about many things, but most about Homer. 1821Scott Kenilw. xii, An archway surmounted by the foresaid tower. ellipt.1556Lauder Tractate 140 Off thir forsaids ȝe sall be sure. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 336/2 The foresaid are kind of Bottles which Reapers..use to carry their Drink or Milk in. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 120 All Cost, Skaith, Damage and Expences, he or his foresaids [i.e. his ‘executors, assigns, etc.’] may happen to sustain therethrough. |