FORESPAKE

Etymology

Verb

forespake

(archaic) simple past tense of forespeak

Anagrams

• forepeaks, forespeak

Source: Wiktionary


FORESPEAK

Fore*speak", v. t. [Obs.]

Definition: See Forspeak.

Fore*speak", v. t.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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