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forescribed

forescribed adjective: described, prescribed, or written (about) beforehand.

Adjective

forescribed (not comparable)

  1. Described, prescribed, or written (about) beforehand.
    • He was accordingly, after the forescribed order and examination of that “confession," received by the Dayton presbytery and enrolled as a broth'er minister and member of that body, and has ever since served it in the function of examiner […]1897, Frank Conover, Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio
    • A hybrid element method is developed for effective computation. In this project the structural response is investigated when the ground motion at the base of the structure is forescribed.1980, Pauline H. Gurewitz, Hydraulic Research in the United States and Canada, 1978

Origin of forescribed

From fore- + scribed.

Questions about forescribed

What does forescribed mean?
Forescribed means described, prescribed, or written (about) beforehand.
What part of speech is forescribed?
Forescribed is an adjective.

Words near forescribed in the dictionary

  1. forescented
  2. forescenting
  3. forescents
  4. forescreen
  5. forescreens
  6. forescribed
  7. forescript
  8. forescripts
  9. foresee
  10. foreseeabilities
  11. foreseeability

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