Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forepurchased

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-pur-chased
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Purchased beforehand or in advance; forebought

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Note: this will only work the first year, but forewarned is forepurchased."

Etymology

From fore- + purchased.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore
Root: *kap-

Inflected Forms

fore-purchased (alternative)

Questions

What does forepurchased mean?: Purchased beforehand or in advance; forebought
Where does forepurchased come from?: From fore- + purchased.

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