Forspoken

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of forspeak. form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Bewitched, charmed. obsolete

    "[The devil's rudiments are] ſuch kinde of Charmes, as commonly daft wives vſe for healing of forſpoken goods [i.e., cattle], for preſeruing them from euill eyes, by knitting roun trees or ſundrieſt kinde of hearbes, to the haire and tailes of the goodes: […]"

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bewitchbewitch

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"[The devil's rudiments are] ſuch kinde of Charmes, as commonly daft wives vſe for healing of forſpoken goods [i.e., cattle], for preſeruing them from euill eyes, by knitting roun trees or ſundrieſt kinde of hearbes, to the haire and tailes of the goodes: […]"

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