forepublished
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[edit]forepublished (comparative more forepublished, superlative most forepublished)
- (rare) Published beforehand or in advance.
- 1866, Meliora - Volumes 9-10 - Page 298
- He thinks we might then be able 'to foretell how an individual would think, feel, or act, throughout life,' but if these foretellings be forepublished the illustration loses its appositeness.
- 1866, John Veen, The Logic of Chance - Page 348:
- Assuming that the abstract possibility of foreseeing human conduct, alluded to in the extract above quoted, is quite compatible with our practical consciousness of freedom, I maintain that a difficulty of an entirely distinct character is introduced the moment we suppose that this conduct is foretold, or rather, if one may use the term, forepublished.
- 1866, Meliora - Volumes 9-10 - Page 298