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forsay

/fəˈseɪ/ UK
/fəɹˈseɪ/ US

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Where it comes from

From Middle English forsayen (“to renounce”), from Old English forseċġan (“to accuse, accuse falsely, slander, speak about, discourse on”), equivalent to for- + say. Cognate Dutch verzeggen (“to deny, forbid”), German Low German verseggen (“to refuse, deny”), German versagen (“to refuse, deny”), Swedish försäga (“to misspeak, say too much”). More at for-, say.

verb forsays · forsaying · forsaid

archaic to forbid; to renounce worldly sovenance he must forsay
Similar: abjure, disavow, forswear, deny, disclaim, disown, forsay, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of
archaic to deny, gainsay
archaic to forsake

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@misc{forsay_2026,
  title = {forsay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forsay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}