Unbespeak

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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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