Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A foretelling; a prediction; also, a preface.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A prediction; also, a preface.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of forespeak.
  • noun obsolete A prediction.
  • noun obsolete A preface.

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Examples

  • ” I, at that time, seeing no likelihood thereof, yet fearing lest for his forespeaking that would the sooner come to pass, waxed therefore for his saying much offended with him.

    Paras 1909

  • You are making trouble, and forespeaking disappointment.

    The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

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