单词 | aforegoing |
释义 | aforegoingadj.n. A. adj. Existing or happening earlier; spec. earlier in a discourse or text. Cf. foregoing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > aforesaid aforesaid1389 aforegoingc1443 toforesaid1444 aforenamedc1460 above?1515 aforementioned1539 fore-cited1576 forespoken1625 forestated1701 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > preceding in order precedent1418 aforegoingc1443 precedingc1485 superior1534 foregoing1605 prior1607 preposed1608 previous1621 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 2 (MED) Worching may not be had wiþoute loue afore goyng. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 441 For ellis this clausul..hadde be seid vnpertynently and vnhangingli fro the materis of the clausulis folewing and afore going. 1616 Jas. I Wks. 74 After that Satan then had bene bound a thousand yeeres, which did appeare by his discourse afore-going, of the Saints triumphing in the earth, hee shall at last breake forth againe loose. 1672 W. Salmon Polygraphice i. iii. 9 In drawing of all the aforegoing forms, or what ever else, you must be perfect. 1735 B. Martin New Compleat System Decimal Arithmetick 221 But first of their construction, which is thus in the most demonstrative Manner deduced from the Theorems aforegoing. 1815 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 350 The aforegoing orders are to take effect. 1877 Rep. Court of Appeals Maryland 43 57 He humbly submits that in view of the circumstances aforegoing, and the insolvency of said Utterback, he is entitled to be protected by injunction. 1940 S. Hook Reason, Social Myths & Democracy i. ii. 20 To say that Russia is a democracy in the aforegoing sense would be utterly false. 2008 W. L. Ramsey Yamasee War i. ii. 50 The ambiguities and uncertainties of the aforegoing profile..are more than the symptoms of spotty archival holdings or an overactive imagination. B. n. With the. The foregoing word(s) or thing(s) (to which reference is here made); that which has gone before. Cf. foregoing n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > the aforesaid firsta1250 premise1429 aforesaid?1500 aforegoing1592 aforenamed1604 aforementioned1663 above1691 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis i. 8 A confirmation of the afore going. 1721 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher (new ed.) I. xiii. xvii. 283 Now if the Wisdom of the Creator does not palpably appear from all the aforegoing, let any reasonable Body judge, when he sees, that [etc.]. 1779 L. Charlton Hist. Whitby ii. 96 The aforegoing is only a renewal of the old charter which Richard de Percy had obtained almost forty years before this. 1830 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 3 i. 230 Such language as the aforegoing is justifiable only when applied to a literary knave or empiric. 1922 Music Trades 7 Oct. 12/2 While the aforegoing refers to New York; Boston and Chicago and other cities rightly claim importance as musical centers. 2007 A. H. Teipen in T. Wyller & U. S. Nayar Given Child ii. 68 As the aforegoing has shown, the Islamic tradition contains a wealth of resources which can be fruitfully explored to support children's rights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1443 |
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