adj
Meaning 1
Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
forespoken
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
Meaning 2
past participle of forespeak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
Etymology
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.