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单词 forespeak
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forespeakv.

/fɔːˈspiːk/
Forms: Also forspeak.
Etymology: < fore- prefix + speak v.
1.
a. transitive. To speak beforehand; to speak of beforehand, esp. to fortell, predict. Now rare. †Occasionally of a thing: To betoken.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)]
fore-sayc900
bodeOE
before-sayOE
before-tella1382
foretella1400
prognostica1400
tella1400
prenosticate?a1475
prenostic1477
prognosticatec1487
forespeak1489
prognostify1495
foreshow1561
prenunce1563
presage1569
boden1573
forewarn1582
predict1590
forehalsen1594
foresignify1597
prognosticon1602
predivine1607
forespell1611
predicate1623
prenuntiate1623
preadmonish1644
forebode1664
prediction1665
prenotea1711
bespeak1721
pre-announce1793
prophesize1848
to call for ——1895
pick1909
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)]
forecomea1300
to say beforec1384
signifyc1384
pretendc1425
prefigurec1429
preostendc1429
prefigurate1530
prefigurate1530
adumbrate1537
promise1556
premonstrate1562
foresignify1565
presignify1570
shadow1574
foreshadow1577
presage1583
fore-run1590
presign1590
fore-read1591
figure1595
type forth, out1596
fore-point1601
foreshow1601
prophesy1608
foretella1616
foretypea1618
forebode1656
harbingera1657
pretypify1658
pretype1659
forespeak1667
to figure out1721
forecast1883
favour1887
precourse1888
precursea1892
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]
betokenc1275
bode1387
prognostica1400
pretend1402
prognosticate?a1425
ossc1450
importc1487
prognostify1495
protendc1554
presage1562
abode1573
boden1573
denounce1581
importune1590
prejudicate1595
foretoken1598
ominate1598
auspicate1604
divine1607
foredeem1612
warranta1616
augur1630
preaugurate1635
prewarna1637
prenote1641
preominate1646
forespeak1667
omen1697
betidea1799
bespeak1851
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 630 Let hym with ye lettir passe Till entyr it as for-spokin was.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Giv Hys antecedent..was not to sacryfyce his body wherof he forspoke never word.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 91 Every man would now be wise and fore-speak fair weather..how truly a few moneths will discover.
1667 Disc. Religion of England 27 Though a peoples discomposure doth not forespeak Warrs and Tumults, yet it may denounce Woe and Misery.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 165 I must flee..and hie me where the god Forespoke me refuge.
1877 J. B. Taylor in Internat. Rev. IV. 417 He [Tennyson] has not..forespoken the deeper problems which shall engage the generation to come.
b. To speak to (a person) beforehand. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] > beforehand
forespeak1635
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 143 My Physitian had, in fore-speaking the women..made every of them beleeve, that [etc.].
1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles Pref. Our Author has forespoken his Reader with a long Preface.
2. intransitive. To speak beforehand; chiefly, to utter predictions, prophesy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (intransitive)]
witiec950
prophesyc1350
divine1362
forespeaka1400
ossc1400
prophet?c1450
fore-prophesy1581
vaticinate1623
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2947 Als sco for spak, right sua þai wroght.
1557 New Test. (Geneva) Epist. *iv First Isaie forespake vnto, how that he sholde be borne of a Virgine.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxx. 43/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The Irish prophet..forespeaking of this battell said [etc.].
1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 110 These are the days fore-spoken of.
1656 O. Cromwell Speech 17 Sept. in T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 155 The head of the anti-Christian interest, that is..so fore~spoken of.
3. transitive. To speak forth or out; to proclaim.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > make known
shirec897
i-kenc1000
cryc1300
declarec1340
out-tella1382
commona1387
ascryc1400
commune1423
ventilate?1530
forespeak1546
outcry1567
oyez1599
vent1832
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. E Forspeake not your fortune, nor hyde not your nede.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Paraphr. Psalm lxxiii, in Poems (1964) My unworthy lips..Shall thus forespeak thy secret works, in sight of Adams race.
4. To speak for or bespeak in advance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.)
apparelc1314
purveya1382
prevenea1522
bespeak1582
providea1616
forespeak1659
formel1673
to set the stage1937
organize1952
to set up1965
society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > order > custom-order
forespeak1659
steem1674
bespeak1688
engage1760
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 36 That they might the better forespeak impunity for so strange boldness.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Forespeak..to buy a thing before it is fit or in the market; to bespeak; as, that calf is forespoken. (Scotch).

Derivatives

foreˈspeaking adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [adjective]
prognostical?a1450
prognostica1500
foreguessing1548
prognosticable1562
prophetical1567
prospective1581
prophetica1616
predictive1637
foretellinga1640
predictory1641
forespeaking1650
predictionala1661
prognosticatory1693
prognosticative1813
proleptic1858
1650 W. Sclater, Jr. in W. Sclater Brief Comm. Malachy Ep. Ded. sig. A4v Forespeaking, and..conjecturing natures.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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