forespeak
Americanverb (used with object)
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to predict; foretell.
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to ask for or claim in advance.
verb
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to predict; foresee
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to arrange or speak of in advance
Etymology
Origin of forespeak
First recorded in 1250–1300, forespeak is from the Middle English word forespeken. See fore-, speak
Example Sentences
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And they made “pictures” of wax into which the little black man stuck thorns, one in the crown, another in the breast, and a third in the side, which then Margaret would fling down saying, “This is Cornish’s figure with a murrain to it,” and Elizabeth Cornish would languish and die; or “This is Bess Hill’s;” or any other person’s whom it was desired to “forespeak” and destroy; who of course were forespoken and destroyed from that hour.
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She could forespeak them so that they should give poison instead of milk, and the cream she had once overlooked was never fit for the “yirning.”
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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.
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Why do you forespeak misfortune, Liot?
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No doubt Isolina had heard her captors forespeak their plans.
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