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forepublished

forepublished adjective: published beforehand or in advance.

Adjective

forepublished (comparative more forepublished, superlative most forepublished)

  1. (rare) Published beforehand or in advance.
    • He thinks we might then be able 'to foretell how an individual would think, feel, or act, throughout life,' but if these foretellings be forepublished the illustration loses its appositeness.1866, Meliora - Volumes 9-10 - Page 298
    • Assuming that the abstract possibility of foreseeing human conduct, alluded to in the extract above quoted, is quite compatible with our practical consciousness of freedom, I maintain that a difficulty of an entirely distinct character is introduced the moment we suppose that this conduct is...1866, John Veen, The Logic of Chance - Page 348

Forms of forepublished

comparativemore forepublished
superlativemost forepublished
alternative formfore-published

Origin of forepublished

From fore- + published.

Questions about forepublished

What does forepublished mean?
Forepublished means published beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forepublished?
Forepublished is an adjective.

Words near forepublished in the dictionary

  1. forepromising
  2. foreprovide
  3. foreprovided
  4. foreprovides
  5. foreproviding
  6. forepublished
  7. forepurchased
  8. forepurpose
  9. forepurposes
  10. forequarter
  11. forequarters

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