foresay
English
Etymology
From Middle English foresayen, foreseyen, foreseggen (found only in past participle foresaid), from Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), equivalent to fore- + say. Cognate with Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), Old Danish foresige, Swedish föresäga, förutsäga (“to predict”).
Verb
foresay (third-person singular simple present foresays, present participle foresaying, simple past and past participle foresaid)
- (transitive) To say beforehand; predict; foretell.
- (transitive) To decree; ordain; appoint.
- Shakespeare
- Let ordinance / Come as the gods foresay it.
- Shakespeare