Forespoken
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of forespeak. form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
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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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