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forsay

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/fəˈseɪ/
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/fəˈseɪ/ · /fəɹˈseɪ/

Definition of forsay

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic)to forbid; to renounce
    “worldly sovenance he must forsay”
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verb

  1. (archaic)to forbid; to renounce
    “worldly sovenance he must forsay”
  2. (archaic)to deny, gainsay
  3. (archaic)to forsake

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Etymology

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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