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forthspeaking en · NOUN · etymology 1

From forth- + speaking.

(uncountable) The act of speaking forth or declaring; declaration.
- Can there be a more dubious moment in the entire poem than this precariously enjambed impersonation of prophetic forthspeaking? 2008, Herbert F. Tucker, Epic: Britain's heroic muse, 1790-1910:
- Revelation means nothing else. It is the forthputting, forthspeaking of the interior of God's nature, [...] 1873, John Langdon Dudley, Tides and tendencies of religious thought:
(uncountable) Prophecy.
- Evolution of prophecy, or forthspeaking on behalf of the divine. 1901, Louis Wallis, An examination of society from the standpoint of evolution:
(uncountable) Revelation.
- This refers not to ordinary religious discourses for the edification of the church, but to such a forthspeaking of the mind of God in relation to truth, duty, or coming events ns the inward action of the Holy Spirit on the mind may produce. 1888, Bible readings for the home circle

From forthspeak + -ing.

Speaking forth; declaring; prophesying.
- In fact, in this political poetry Agee resembles nothing so much as the “ forthspeaking prophet” evoked by Paul Ashdown, who assumes a role “both satirical and visionary, to both attack and inspire [his] readers and to seek meaning in ostensibly trivial or grotesque events." 2008, Hugh Davis, The making of James Agee:

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From forthspeak + -ing.

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of forthspeak
form of forthspeak