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forepossessed en · ADJ

Etymology

From fore- + possessed.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Holding or held formerly in possession.
2. (obsolete) Preengaged; preoccupied; prepossessed.
   • VVherein I doubt not by Gods help, but to make clear to the judgment of any man, that it is not either uncapable through ignorance, or fore-poſſeſſed with prejudice, theſe three things. 1641 October 17 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Sanderson, “[Ad Clerum.] A Sermon Preached at a Visitation Holden at Grantham, Lincoln: Octob. 8. 1641.”, in XXXIV Sermons. […], 5th edition, London: […] [A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, […], published 1671, →OCLC, paragraph 12, page 5:

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