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forsaying

forsaying is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about forsaying

What is forsaying the present participle and gerund of?
Forsaying is the present participle and gerund of forsay.

Words near forsaying in the dictionary

  1. forsaketh
  2. forsaking
  3. forsakings
  4. forsaw
  5. forsay
  6. forsaying
  7. forsays
  8. Forsbrook
  9. forscald
  10. Forschungsstipendia
  11. Forschungsstipendien

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