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forepassed, -past, ppl. a.|fɔəˈpɑːst, -æ-|
[f. fore- prefix + passed, past.]
That has previously passed, or been passed. Now only of time.
1557Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 143 O Lord..for my helpe make haste To pardon the forepassed race that carelesse I haue past. 1596Raleigh Discov. Gviana 21 Neither could any of the forepassed vndertakers..discouer the country. 1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxii. (1748) 353 Those forepassed hours. a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1714) 12 The Actions of my fore-past Life. 1830Southey Yng. Dragon i. 36 Forepast times..With no portent could match it.
†b. quasi-adv. On a past occasion. Obs.
1664Floddan F. iii. 24 What he had said fore-past was nought. |