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Definition of Forespeaking
1. n. A prediction; also, a preface.
Definition of Forespeaking
1. Verb. (present participle of forespeak) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A prediction. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A preface. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forespeaking
1. forespeak [v] - See also: forespeak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forespeaking
Literary usage of Forespeaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland by Walter Gregor (1881)
"... new-born washed—Poured under foundation of dwelling-house—Child when dressed
turned three times heels over head—To prevent " forespeaking "—Excessive ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"... to look towards, 03 forespeaking, a prediction, o 7 Fornace, a furnace, f 30
Forrey, a foray, ..."
3. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"Thus, to prevent what is called forespeaking, they say of a person, God gave
them : of a beast, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1861)
"... not in so full and complete, yet in some kind of true resemblance : not by
foretelling, yet by forespeaking in their prayers, things that come to pass. ..."
5. The Elizabethan People by Henry Thew Stephenson (1910)
"... I am a wise woman, and a fortune teller, and under that I deal in physic and
forespeaking, in palmistry, and in recovering of things lost; next, ..."
6. Fox's Book of Martyrs: The Acts and Monuments of the Church by John Foxe, John Cumming (1844)
"The authors that « rite of this lamentable murder declare anil say how the
forespeaking of Austin was here •verified upon the Britons; which,because they ..."
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