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forestatement

forestatement noun: a statement made beforehand or in advance.

Noun

forestatement (plural forestatements)

  1. A statement made beforehand or in advance
    • The alchemical theory of universal development includes a philosophical forestatement of the modern evolutionary hypothesis which, considering the scientific ignorance and darkness of the Middle Ages, is simply bewildering, and justifies the indignant demand of one theosophical writer for the...1888, Thomas Vaughan, Arthur Edward Waite, The Magical Writings of Thomas Vaughan
    • Ignoring the progressive method of God's dealings with mankind, it treats the Jewish practices and beliefs of old time as having always been mere errors, and thus makes the Old Testament no more than a fantastic forestatement of the New Testament.2005, F. J. Foakes-Jackson, A History of the Christian Church

Forms of forestatement

pluralforestatements

Origin of forestatement

From fore- + statement.

Questions about forestatement

What does forestatement mean?
Forestatement means a statement made beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forestatement?
Forestatement is a noun.
What is the plural of forestatement?
The plural of forestatement is forestatements.

Words near forestatement in the dictionary

  1. forestart
  2. forestarts
  3. Forestas
  4. forestate
  5. forestated
  6. forestatement
  7. forestatements
  8. forestating
  9. forestation
  10. forestations
  11. forestaves

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