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aforewritten

aforewritten adjective: written before; written previously.

Adjective

aforewritten (not comparable)

  1. Written before; written previously.
    • […] beyond all doubts which might have been suggested by the rhymes aforewritten […]1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 150.

Origin of aforewritten

From afore- + written.

Questions about aforewritten

What does aforewritten mean?
Aforewritten means written before; written previously.
What part of speech is aforewritten?
Aforewritten is an adjective.

Words near aforewritten in the dictionary

  1. aforetimes
  2. aforetold
  3. aforetyme
  4. aforetymes
  5. aforewrit
  6. aforewritten
  7. aformentioned
  8. afortiori
  9. AFOs
  10. afoul
  11. afoveate

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