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forsays

forsays is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 forsays

What is forsays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forsays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forsay.

Words near forsays in the dictionary

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

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