forescribed

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ scribed.

Adjective

forescribed (not comparable)

1. Described, prescribed, or written (about) beforehand.
   • 1897, Frank Conover, Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio:

     He was accordingly, after the forescribed order and examination of that “confession," received by the Dayton presbytery and enrolled as a broth'er minister and member of that body, and has ever since served it in the function of examiner […]

   • 1980, Pauline H. Gurewitz, Hydraulic Research in the United States and Canada, 1978:

     A hybrid element method is developed for effective computation. In this project the structural response is investigated when the ground motion at the base of the structure is forescribed.

   • 2013, Harry Pearson, The Far Corner:

     It's forescribed in the ancient scrolls, you see. Armageddon. June the Fifteenth 1995.