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spae

UK/speɪ/

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Scotland/spe/

spae verb: to divine; foretell.

Verb

spae (third-person singular simple present spaes, present participle spaeing, simple past and past participle spaed)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) To divine; foretell.
    • A mermaid from the water rose,
      And spaed Sir Sinclair ill.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 242

Forms of spae

third-person singular presentspaes
present participlespaeing
past participlespaed
pastspaed
alternative formspay
alternative formspey

Origin of spae

Borrowed from Scots spae.

Words formed from spae

Words that rhyme with spae

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Questions about spae

What does spae mean?
Spae means to divine; foretell.
What part of speech is spae?
Spae is a verb.
How do you pronounce spae?
Spae is pronounced /speɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of spae?
The past tense of spae is spaed.

Words near spae in the dictionary

  1. spadroon
  2. spadroons
  3. spads
  4. Spady
  5. Spadys
  6. spae
  7. spae-craft
  8. spaecraft
  9. spaed
  10. spaedom
  11. spaeing

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