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Webster 1913 Edition


Forespeak

Fore-speak′

,
Verb.
T.
[Obs.]
See
Forspeak
.

Fore-speak′

,
Verb.
T.
To foretell; to predict.
[Obs.]
My mother was half a witch; never anything that she
forespake
but came to pass.
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forespeak

FORESPE'AK

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To foresay; to foreshow; to foretell or predict.
2.
To forbid. [Not used.]
3.
To bewitch. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


forespeak

forespeak

English

Verb

forespeak (third-person singular simple present forespeaks, present participle forespeaking, simple past forespoke, past participle forespoken)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To foretell; to predict.
    My mother was half a witch; never anything that she forespake but came to pass. Beaumont and Fletcher.