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Webster 1913 Edition

Forsay

For-say′

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
forsecgan
to accuse; pref.
for-
+
secgan
to say.]
To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Forsay

FORSA'Y

,
Verb.
T.
To forbid; to renounce. Obs.

Definition 2024

forsay

forsay

English

Verb

forsay ‎(third-person singular simple present forsays, present participle forsaying, simple past and past participle forsaid)

  1. to forbid
  2. to renounce
  3. to deny, gainsay
  4. to forsake

Anagrams

Etymology

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

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