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forsay.

to forbid; to renounce

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fəˈseɪ/Received-Pronunciation/fəɹˈseɪ/General-American
  1. to forbid; to renounce

    archaic
  2. to deny, gainsay

    archaic
  3. to forsake

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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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