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forthspeak en · VERB

Etymology

From forth- + speak. See Old English forþsprecan.

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To speak forth; declare; announce.
   • The truth Is not to be forthspoken to the mob, Unless you wish to die for it. 1841, The Monthly Magazine, or, British Register:
2. (archaic, transitive) To reveal; divulge.
   • All I ask is, Do the existing applications of matter forthspeak any operation of intelligent power? 1854, George Jacob Holyoake, The Reasoner: Volume 16:
   • These are the names assigned to the manifestations of God in Christ. And besides these five, none others, pure and fundamental, are found in Christian or Divine Religion. These five Energies are all which Christ forthspeaks in us and reveals. 1854, Henry S. Sutton, Quinquenergia, or, proposals for a new practical theology:

Forms

Deriveds

forthspoken · forthspeaker · forthspeaking