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forenamed

forenamed adjective: previously named; aforementioned. Also the simple past and past participle of forename.

Adjective

forenamed (not comparable)

  1. previously named; aforementioned
    • Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)

Also used as

forenamed is also the simple past and past participle of forename.

Origin of forenamed

From Middle English forenamed, fornamed, fornemned, forenammd, equivalent to fore- + named. Compare Dutch voornoemd (“aforementioned”), German vorgenannt, vorbenannt (“aforementioned”).

Questions about forenamed

What does forenamed mean?
Forenamed means previously named; aforementioned.
What part of speech is forenamed?
Forenamed is an adjective.

Words near forenamed in the dictionary

  1. foremove
  2. foremoved
  3. foremoves
  4. foremoving
  5. forename
  6. forenamed
  7. forenames
  8. forenaming
  9. forend
  10. forends
  11. foreneck

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