ppl. a. [f. FORE- pref. + stated, pa. pple. of STATE v.] Stated or mentioned previously.
1691. Norris, Ideal World, I. iv. (1701), 223. I see no inconvenience in allowing Reason or Science Ordinarily to exceed Faith in Certainty, since according to the forestated measures it appears that the Certainty of Faith is Ordinarily no more than Moral.
