FORESPOKE

Verb

forespoke

simple past tense of 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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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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