"foresay" meaning in All languages combined

See foresay on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foresay.wav Forms: foresays [present, singular, third-person], foresaying [participle, present], foresaid [participle, past], foresaid [past]
Etymology: From Middle English foresayen, foreseyen, foreseggen (found only in past participle foresaid), from Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), equivalent to fore- + say. Cognate with Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), Old Danish foresige, Swedish föresäga, förutsäga (“to predict”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=say}}, {{inh|en|enm|foresayen}} Middle English foresayen, {{inh|en|ang|foreseċġan|t=to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand}} Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), {{prefix|en|fore|say}} fore- + say, {{cog|nl|voorzeggen|t=to foretell, presage}} Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), {{cog|gmq-oda|foresige}} Old Danish foresige, {{cog|sv|föresäga}} Swedish föresäga Head templates: {{en-verb|foresays|foresaying|foresaid}} foresay (third-person singular simple present foresays, present participle foresaying, simple past and past participle foresaid)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To say beforehand; predict; foretell. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-foresay-en-verb-OMPiWqH9 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 56 44
  2. (transitive) To decree; ordain; appoint. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foresay-en-verb-FOF-CECr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

Inflected forms

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