Meanings
comparative more forespoken · superlative most forespoken
- Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
- participlepastpast participle of forespeak.
Origin
- Old Englishforesprecan“to forespeak”
- Old Englishforesprecen“spoken or mentioned before; forespoken”
- Middle Englishforsprecen
- Englishforespoken
From Middle English forsprecen, from Old English foresprecen (“spoken or mentioned before; forespoken”), past participle of Old English foresprecan (“to forespeak”), equivalent to fore- + spoken; also, as the past participle of forespeak, equivalent to forespoke + -n.
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