forevouched
forevouched is the simple past and past participle of forevouch.
Meaning of forevouch
Verb
forevouch (third-person singular simple present forevouches, present participle forevouching, simple past and past participle forevouched)
- To avow or affirm in advance.
- And His own psalm in Hades had been forevouched for centuries, predicting His release from the grave and the intermediate world, and his reentrance into life, and assuming "the path of (unending) life."1850, “Easter Even: Desultory Musings”, in Evergreen, volume 7, page 103
Adjective
forevouched (not comparable)
- Avowed or affirmed in advance.
- I meane hereafter to make a more liberall discourse of them in the forevouched booke of their liues, to be opened at large with all suche worthye actions as they haue performed.1598, Francis Thynne, Animaduersions, page civ
- Sure her offence Must be of such unnatural degree, That monsters it, or your forevouched affection Fall into taint,c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Origin of forevouched
From fore- + vouched.
Questions about forevouched
- What does forevouched mean?
- Forevouched means avowed or affirmed in advance.
- What is forevouched the simple past and past participle of?
- Forevouched is the simple past and past participle of forevouch.
- What part of speech is forevouched?
- Forevouched is an adjective.
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