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forespake

forespake is the simple past of forespeak.

Meaning of forespeak

Verb

forespeak (third-person singular simple present forespeaks, present participle forespeaking, simple past forespoke or (archaic) forespake, past participle forespoken)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To foretell, to predict.
    • Rejoice sister, for the same word that forespaketh trouble, doth certify us of the glory consequent.c. 1552, Thomas M‘Crie, quoting John Knox, “Period III. From His Release from the French Galleys, Anno 1549, to His Departure out of England, Anno 1554.”, in The Life of John Knox: Containing...

Origin of forespake

See spake.

Questions about forespake

What is forespake the simple past of?
Forespake is the simple past of forespeak.

Words near forespake in the dictionary

  1. foresought
  2. foresound
  3. foresounds
  4. forespace
  5. forespaces
  6. forespake
  7. forespeak
  8. forespeaker
  9. forespeakers
  10. forespeakest
  11. forespeaketh

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