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foresays

foresays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresay.

Meaning of foresay

Verb

foresay (third-person singular simple present foresays, present participle foresaying, simple past and past participle foresaid)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To say beforehand; predict; foretell.
  2. (transitive) To decree; ordain; appoint.
    • Let ordinance / Come as the gods foresay it.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about foresays

What is foresays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foresays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresay.

Words near foresays in the dictionary

  1. foresaves
  2. foresaving
  3. foresaw
  4. foresay
  5. foresaying
  6. foresays
  7. forescan
  8. forescanned
  9. forescanning
  10. forescans
  11. forescent

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