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aforeshown

aforeshown adjective: shown or demonstrated previously.

Adjective

aforeshown (not comparable)

  1. Shown or demonstrated previously.
    • The midsummer sun is low, and a long table in the aforeshown apartment is laid out for a dinner, among other decorations being bunches of the season's roses.1906, Thomas Hardy, “Act I, Scene VIII”, in The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, Part Second (closet drama), New York, N.Y....

Origin of aforeshown

From afore- + shown.

Questions about aforeshown

What does aforeshown mean?
Aforeshown means shown or demonstrated previously.
What part of speech is aforeshown?
Aforeshown is an adjective.

Words near aforeshown in the dictionary

  1. aforesaide
  2. aforesayd
  3. aforeseen
  4. aforeset
  5. aforeshewn
  6. aforeshown
  7. aforespecified
  8. aforespoken
  9. aforest
  10. aforestated
  11. aforestation

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