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Foresay

//fɔː(ɹ)ˈseɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To say beforehand; predict; foretell. archaic, transitive
  2. 2
    To decree; ordain; appoint. transitive

    "Let ordinance / Come as the gods foresay it."

Etymology

From Middle English foresayen, foreseyen, foreseggen (found only in past participle foresaid), from Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), equivalent to fore- + say. Cognate with Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), Old Danish foresige, Swedish föresäga, förutsäga (“to predict”).

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