forepurchased
adjEtymology From fore- + purchased.
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Purchased beforehand or in advance; forebought
- Had Graystone been the only representative of finance desiring a fore-purchased president at Washington, he would doubtless have flung the whole thing out of his window in his wrath.1905, Philip Verrill Mighels, The Ultimate Passion: A Novel - Page 44:
- I desire not to ballance the reall good I did with the crime pretended, nor shall I crave priviledge of doinge you the least disservice upon the stock of my forepurchased merits, but I desire out of those considerations to be admitted to the place of a true man in all honest and wise mens thoughts.1952, Basil Norman Reckitt, Charles the First and Hull 1639-1645. (Illustr.) - Page 126:
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- Note: this will only work the first year, but forewarned is forepurchased.1991, Forbes FYI - Page 46