forspeak (third-person singular simple present forspeaks, present participle forspeaking, simple past (archaic) forspake or forspoke, past participle forspoken)
(transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
(transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
(transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose. [15th–19th c.]
(transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
Not to be confused with forespeak (“to foretell, to predict”).
forspeak (third-person singular simple present forspeaks, present participle forspeaking, simple past (archaic) forspake or forspoke, past participle forspoken)
(transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak
• farspoke, forspake, speak for
Source: Wiktionary
For*speak", v. t. Etym: [Pref. for- + speak.]
1. To forbid; to prohibit. Shak.
2. To bewitch. [Obs.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
