aforeshown

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adjective

Shown or demonstrated previously.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveaforeshown (not comparable)
  1. not comparableShown or demonstrated previously.

    The midsummer sun is low, and a long table in the aforeshown apartment is laid out for a dinner, among other decorations being bunches of the season's roses.

    1906, Thomas Hardy, “Act I, Scene VIII”, in The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, Part Second (closet drama), New York, N.Y.; London: Macmillan, page 46

Origin

From afore- + shown.

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APA

aforeshown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforeshown

MLA

“aforeshown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforeshown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aforeshown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforeshown.

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