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forespeaking, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. forespeak; † a preliminary speech, preface; † a prediction.
1480Caxton Descr. Brit. 31 This place is but a forspekyng and not a full tretis ther of. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xii. 33 Sum..which did coniecte (bicause of the forespeakyng of death) that he had spoken of the torment of the crosse. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 107/2 The fore⁓speaking of Austin was heere verified upon the Britains. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. (1634) 237 The..mysticall fore-speakings of Christ. 1645R. Norwood in Prynne Disc. Prodigious New Blazing-Stars App. 26 Horrible fore⁓speakings, threatnings..and censures have been publikely denounced against me. 1694Pepys in Academy 9 Aug. (1890) 110/3 Your Fount for Musick, which I am pleas'd with yor fore-speaking soe well of. |