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foresay

  • /fɔː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/

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From Middle English foresayen, foreseyen, foreseggen (found only in past participle foresaid), from Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), equivalent to fore- + say. Cognate with Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), Old Danish foresige, Swedish föresäga, förutsäga (“to predict”).

verb foresays · foresaying · foresaid

  1. archaic, transitive To say beforehand; predict; foretell.
  2. transitive To decree; ordain; appoint. Let ordinance / Come as the gods foresay it.

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@misc{foresay_2026,
  title = {foresay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foresay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}