forepurchased

English

Alternative forms

• fore-purchased

Etymology

From fore- +‎ purchased.

Adjective

forepurchased (not comparable)

1. Purchased beforehand or in advance; forebought
   • 1905, Philip Verrill Mighels, The Ultimate Passion: A Novel - Page 44:

     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.

   • 1952, Basil Norman Reckitt, Charles the First and Hull 1639-1645. (Illustr.) - Page 126:

     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.

   • 1991, Forbes FYI - Page 46:

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