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aforetold

aforetold adjective: told or discussed previously.

Adjective

aforetold (not comparable)

  1. Told or discussed previously.
    • We took 17 samples representative of the different horizons along the stratigraphic sequence (some required additional later sampling as aforetold) that was represented in the form of a graphic log plot using Strater v5 (Golden Software).2023 February 21, Armando Azua-Bustos et al., “Dark microbiome and extremely low organics in Atacama fossil delta unveil Mars life detection limits”, in Nature Communications, volume 14, London […]...

Origin of aforetold

From afore- + told.

Questions about aforetold

What does aforetold mean?
Aforetold means told or discussed previously.
What part of speech is aforetold?
Aforetold is an adjective.

Words near aforetold in the dictionary

  1. aforesting
  2. aforests
  3. aforethought
  4. aforetime
  5. aforetimes
  6. aforetold
  7. aforetyme
  8. aforetymes
  9. aforewrit
  10. aforewritten
  11. aformentioned

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