forsay

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fəˈseɪ/    美 /fəɹˈseɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to forbid; to renounce archaic
    — worldly sovenance he must forsay
  2. to deny, gainsay archaic
  3. to forsake archaic

词形变化

forsays present,singular,third-person forsaying participle,present forsaid participle,past forsaid past

词源

From Middle English forsayen (“to renounce”), from Old English forseċġan (“to accuse, accuse falsely, slander, speak about, discourse on”), equivalent to for- + say. Cognate Dutch verzeggen (“to deny, forbid”), German Low German verseggen (“to refuse, deny”), German versagen (“to refuse, deny”), Swedish försäga (“to misspeak, say too much”). More at for-, say.
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