foresaid, a.
(ˈfɔəsɛd)
[f. fore- prefix + said.]
= aforesaid. (In Sc. writings of 16th c., and in legal formulæ until 18th c., it occurs with plural ending forsaidis.) Now rare.
| c 1000 ælfric Josh. vi. 22 Iosue cwæþ þa siððan to þam foresædan ærendracum. a 1300 Cursor M. 6392 (Cott.) Moyses..smat it wit þis forsaid wand. 1340 Ayenb. 190 Þe uorzede manne. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. xiv. 105, I sawe a semely persone standyng nyhe the forsaid tree. 1563 Shute Archit. B j b, The measures of the forsayde Pillours. 1585 Jas. I. Essayes in Poesie (1869) 55 Many of thir foirsaides preceptis. 1679 Dryden Tr. & Cr. iii. i. Wks. 1883 VI. 325 All of these foresaid men are fools. 1775 Adair Amer. Ind. 321 When the fore-said warriors returned home. 1787 Cowper Let. 17 Nov., ‘Foresaid little Bishop and I had much talk about many things, but most about Homer. 1821 Scott Kenilw. xii, An archway surmounted by the foresaid tower. |
| ellipt. 1556 Lauder Tractate 140 Off thir forsaids ȝe sall be sure. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 336/2 The foresaid are kind of Bottles which Reapers..use to carry their Drink or Milk in. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 120 All Cost, Skaith, Damage and Expences, he or his foresaids [i.e. his ‘executors, assigns, etc.’] may happen to sustain therethrough. |