aforesaid

English

Etymology

From Middle English aforesaid(e), aforeseid(e), past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”). Equivalent to afore- +‎ said.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔɹsɛd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔːsɛd/

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Adjective

aforesaid (not comparable)

1. Previously stated; said or named before.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 30:

     I soon took pity upon them and on myself, and rode off; but before I had crossed the aforesaid green glade, I heard their voices and laughter rising gaily as before. Very impertinent!

   • 2003, Martin McDonagh, “Act Three”, in The Pillowman, →ISBN, page 83:

     ARIEL: Well, as I was trying to do, before you came in and said all those things, my first step would be to torture the prisoner with the aforesaid electricity, wasn't it?

Usage notes

• When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. It can be placed before a cardinal like the aforesaid two articles instead of the two aforesaid articles.
• No verb *aforesay exists.

Synonyms

• abovesaid
• abovementioned
• aforementioned
• mentioned

Antonyms

• following

Translations

previously stated — see also abovesaid,‎ aforementioned

• Arabic: مَذْكُور آنِفًا (maḏkūr ʔānifan)
• Belarusian: вышэйска́заны (vyšejskázany)
• Bulgarian: гореспоменат (gorespomenat)
• Catalan: susdit
• Czech: výše uvedený, výše zmíněný
• Finnish: edellä mainittu (fi), yllä mainittu (fi)
• French: susdit (fr)
• Georgian: ზემოთხსენებული (zemotxsenebuli), ზემოხსენებული (zemoxsenebuli), ზემონახსენები (zemonaxsenebi), ზემოაღნიშნული (zemoaɣnišnuli), ზემოთქმული (zemotkmuli), ზემოდასახელებული (zemodasaxelebuli), ზემონაჩვენები (zemonačvenebi), ზემოთ გადმოცემული (zemot gadmocemuli), ზემოთ მოხსენიებული (zemot moxseniebuli), ზემოთ თქმული (zemot tkmuli), ზემოთ ხსენებული (zemot xsenebuli)
• German: vorstehend (de), oben gesagt
• Greek: προαναφερθείς m (proanafertheís), προλεχθείς m (prolechtheís), προειρημένος (el) m (proeiriménos)
• Hindi: पूर्वोक्त (hi) (pūrvokt)
• Italian: succitato (it), suddetto (it)
• Latin: praedictus (la)
• Occitan: abansdich, subredich, susdich
• Old English: fōrsprecen, bufansprecen
• Polish: wyżej wymieniony (pl), wyżej wspomniany, ww. (pl), powyższy (pl)
• Russian: вышеупомя́нутый (ru) (vyšeupomjánutyj), вышеука́занный (ru) (vyšeukázannyj), вышеска́занный (ru) (vyšeskázannyj)
• Spanish: antedicho (es)
• Swedish: förutnämnd (sv)
• Ukrainian: вищеска́заний (vyščeskázanyj)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aforesaide, a forsaid
• aforeseid, aforeseide, aforeseyd, aforseide, aforseyde, afore seid

Etymology

Past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”).

Participle

aforesaid

1. aforesaid

Descendants

• English: aforesaid

References

• “afōr(e-seid, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.