Forthspeaking

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of speaking forth or declaring; declaration. uncountable

    "Revelation means nothing else. It is the forthputting, forthspeaking of the interior of God's nature, [...]"

  2. 2
    Prophecy. uncountable

    "Evolution of prophecy, or forthspeaking on behalf of the divine."

  3. 3
    Revelation. uncountable

    "This refers not to ordinary religious discourses for the edification of the church, but to such a forthspeaking of the mind of God in relation to truth, duty, or coming events ns the inward action of the Holy Spirit on the mind may produce."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forthspeak form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Speaking forth; declaring; prophesying.

    "In fact, in this political poetry Agee resembles nothing so much as the “ forthspeaking prophet” evoked by Paul Ashdown, who assumes a role “both satirical and visionary, to both attack and inspire [his] readers and to seek meaning in ostensibly trivial or grotesque events.""

Example

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"Revelation means nothing else. It is the forthputting, forthspeaking of the interior of God's nature, [...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From forth- + speaking.

Etymology 2

From forthspeak + -ing.

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