forespoken
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forsprecen, from Old English foresprecen (“spoken or mentioned before; forespoken”), past participle of Old English foresprecan (“to forespeak”), equivalent to fore- + spoken; also, as the past participle of forespeak, equivalent to forespoke + -n.
Adjective
[edit]forespoken (comparative more forespoken, superlative most forespoken)
- Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
Verb
[edit]forespoken
- past participle of forespeak.
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms prefixed with fore-
- English terms suffixed with -n (past participle)
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English past participles