forspeak (English, verb)
expansion: forspeak (third-person singular simple present forspeaks, present participle forspeaking, simple past forspoke or (archaic) forspake, past participle forspoken)
Senses:
glosses: To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To bewitch, to charm.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To say bad things about; to slander.
tags: obsolete
transitive
Forms:
form: forspeaks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: forspeaking
tags: participle
present
form: forspoke
tags: past
form: forspake
tags: archaic
past
form: forspoken
tags: participle
past
form: forespeak
tags: alternative