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# aforesaid

adjective (no forms; formal, old use)

«aforesaid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Mentioned earlier in the same piece of writing or speech; the one already named. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aforesaid/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories and formal writing, pointing back to a thing named before

### Examples

- The aforesaid cake flattened his heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aforesaid/#x1)
- Prigio, of the aforesaid tales, was a prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aforesaid/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aforesaid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aforesaid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aforesaid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aforesaid.html) on Mova free.