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forespeak

[ fawr-speek, fohr- ]
/ fɔrˈspik, foʊr- /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

foresee, envision, conclude, anticipate, forecast, call, think, figure, prophesy, portend, vaticinate, prognosticate, surmise, guess, forebode, presage, infer, conjecture, read, adumbrate

Nearby words

foreshow, foreside, foresight, foreskin, foresleeve, forespeak, forespent, forest, forest green, forest grove, forest hill

Origin of forespeak

First recorded in 1250–1300, forespeak is from the Middle English word forespeken. See fore-, speak
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Examples from the Web for forespeak

  • She stood at the pier-head and as they passed poured a cup of ale into the sea, to forespeak good luck for the fleet.

    Jan Vedder's Wife|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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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