Unbespeak
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To unsay; to annul or cancel something that has been said. obsolete, transitive
"[…] after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to White Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow."
Example
More examples"[…] after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to White Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow."
Etymology
From un- + bespeak.
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