forespeak
[ fawr-speek, fohr- ]
verb (used with object),fore·spoke or (Archaic) fore·spake; fore·spo·ken or (Archaic) fore·spoke; fore·speak·ing.
to predict; foretell.
to ask for or claim in advance.
Origin of forespeak
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How to use forespeak in a sentence
Vpon my life as I forespake, hees nowPreferring his complaint: but be thou perfect,And we will fit him.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerThese he forespake, not in secret, but in the audience of many, as in their own places shall be declared.
Others were of a contrary judgment, and forespake things as they afterwards came to pass.
British Dictionary definitions for forespeak
forespeak
/ (fɔːˈspiːk) /
verb-speaks, -speaking, -spoke or -spoken (tr) rare
to predict; foresee
to arrange or speak of in advance
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