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forespeed

forespeed verb: to outrun; outspeed.

Verb

forespeed (third-person singular simple present forespeeds, present participle forespeeding, simple past and past participle foresped or forespeeded)

  1. (rare, transitive) To outrun; outspeed.
    • A letter begun to a Gentlewoman of some account, which was left of by means of the aduise of a friend of his, who said she was foresped.1837, George Turberville, James Maidment, Giovanni Boccaccio, Tragical Tales: And Other Poems - Page 345
    • Thus he spake; but now there sounded Through the night the holy bell That to Lord's Day matins gather'd Every monk from every cell. Eager at the sound, Columba In the way foresped the rest, And before the altar kneeling Pray'd with hands on holy breast.1896, John Stuart Blackie, Archibald Stodart Walker, The Selected Poems of John Stuart Blackie - Page 191

Forms of forespeed

third-person singular presentforespeeds
present participleforespeeding
past participleforesped
pastforesped
past participleforespeeded
pastforespeeded

Origin of forespeed

From fore- + speed.

Questions about forespeed

What does forespeed mean?
Forespeed means to outrun; outspeed.
What part of speech is forespeed?
Forespeed is a verb.
What is the past tense of forespeed?
The past tense of forespeed is foresped.

Words near forespeed in the dictionary

  1. forespeaks
  2. forespecified
  3. foresped
  4. forespeech
  5. forespeeches
  6. forespeed
  7. forespell
  8. forespelled
  9. forespelling
  10. forespells
  11. forespelt

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