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# aforesaid

«aforesaid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Mentioned earlier in the same piece of writing or speech…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no forms; formal, old use)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aforesaid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aforesaid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.