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forspoken

forspoken adjective: bewitched, charmed. Also the past participle of forspeak.

Adjective

forspoken (comparative more forspoken, superlative most forspoken)

  1. (obsolete) Bewitched, charmed.
    • [The devil's rudiments are] ſuch kinde of Charmes, as commonly daft wives vſe for healing of forſpoken goods [i.e., cattle], for preſeruing them from euill eyes, by knitting roun trees or ſundrieſt kinde of hearbes, to the haire and tailes of the goodes: […]1597, James I of England, “Chap. IIII. … The Description of the Rudiments and Schoole, which are the Entresses to the Arte of Magie: And in Speciall the Differences betwixt Astronomie and Astrologie...

Also used as

forspoken is also the past participle of forspeak.

Synonyms of forspoken

Forms of forspoken

comparativemore forspoken
superlativemost forspoken

Questions about forspoken

What does forspoken mean?
Forspoken means bewitched, charmed.
What part of speech is forspoken?
Forspoken is an adjective.

Words near forspoken in the dictionary

  1. forspill
  2. forspilled
  3. forspilling
  4. forspills
  5. forspoke
  6. forspoken
  7. forspread
  8. Forssman
  9. Forssmans
  10. Forst
  11. forsta

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