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aforespoken

aforespoken adjective: spoken previously.

Adjective

aforespoken (comparative more aforespoken, superlative most aforespoken)

  1. Spoken previously.
    • It gratifies me to tell you, as readers, that many genuine cases of filled teeth, crown-work and bridges which were exhumed in various parts of Italy, Greece, Etruria and Egypt, are on exhibition in the present Columbian World's Fair, and I hope the writer of the aforespoken disclaimer can have the...1893, B[ernard] J[ohn] Cigrand, The Rise, Fall and Revival of Dental Prosthesis, second edition, Chicago, I.L.: The Periodical Publishing Co., page 98

Forms of aforespoken

comparativemore aforespoken
superlativemost aforespoken

Origin of aforespoken

From afore- + spoken.

Questions about aforespoken

What does aforespoken mean?
Aforespoken means spoken previously.
What part of speech is aforespoken?
Aforespoken is an adjective.

Words near aforespoken in the dictionary

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

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