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fore-say, v.|fɔəˈseɪ|
[OE. foresęcᵹan, f. fore- prefix + sęcᵹan to say.]
trans. To say beforehand, foretell, predict. Now rare.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. Contents iii. xiii. (1890) 14 Ðæt se biscop Aidan þam scypfarendum þone storm towardne foresæᵹde. a1300Cursor M. 1606 (Cott.) A propheci, þat forsaid was bi his merci. 1543Grafton Contn. Harding 549 Kyng Henry y⊇ Sixte did foresaye the same, and in like maner prophecy of hym. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 9 He foresayth yt the people shalbe gathered together agayne. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 176 Homer took much out of her verses, which she foresaw and foresaid he should doe. 1886J. Payne Decameron i. 12 The pleasance and delight..which belike, were it not foresaid, might not be looked for from such a beginning.
Hence foreˈsaying vbl. n.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark i. 2 The prophecies and foresayinges of the Prophetes. 1608–11Bp. Hall Epist. iii. iii. Wks. (1627) 319 Whose foresayings verified in all particular issues are more than demonstratiue. |