forepromised

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ promised.

Adjective

forepromised (not comparable)

  1. Promised beforehand.
    • 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture:
      I am not one that is suddenly and unexpectedly started forth into the world, but that very Messias who from the beginning of the world was foretold and forepromised to mankind.
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