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forsaid

forsaid is the simple past and past participle of forsay.

Meaning of forsay

Verb

forsay (third-person singular simple present forsays, present participle forsaying, simple past and past participle forsaid)

  1. (archaic) to forbid; to renounce
    • worldly sovenance he must forsay1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    abjure, disavow, forswear, deny, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of
  2. (archaic) to deny, gainsay
  3. (archaic) to forsake

Origin of forsaid

for- + said

Questions about forsaid

What is forsaid the simple past and past participle of?
Forsaid is the simple past and past participle of forsay.

Words near forsaid in the dictionary

  1. forrud
  2. Forry
  3. Forrys
  4. fors
  5. fors and againsts
  6. forsaid
  7. forsake
  8. forsaked
  9. forsaken
  10. forsakenly
  11. forsakenness

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