afore-saidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

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

形容詞

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!

使用する際の注意点

• 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.

同意語

• abovesaid
• abovementioned
• aforementioned
• mentioned

反意語

• following

語源

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

Participle

aforesaid

1. aforesaid

派生した語

• English: aforesaid

参照

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