forsay

发音

UK /fəˈseɪ/
US /fəɹˈseɪ/

词形变化

forsaid forsaying forsays 三单 forsays forsaying 现在分词 forsaid 过去式 forsaid 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    to forbid; to renounce

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  2. 2.

    to deny, gainsay

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  3. 3.

    to forsake

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词源

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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