forespeak means To foretell, to predict. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
FORESPEAK — [Verb] To foretell or predict an event by the act of speaking it beforehand. From Middle English *forespeken*, from the Old English prefix *fore-* (meaning 'before, in front of') combined with the verb *speak*. Unlike 'foretell,' which traffics with the oracular, or 'prophesy,' which implies a conduit to the divine, to forespeak is the chill, secular utterance, the dry statement of a future fact. It is the traveler muttering of rain as he studies a bank of cloud, the grandmother warning a child that a wobbling plate will fall, the diplomat naming a probable war—words cast ahead like stones, whose truth is only confirmed by the eventual, dull sound of their landing: the fragile authority of observation against the relentless blankness of tomorrow.
verb
- To foretell, to predict.“Rejoice sister, for the same word that forespaketh trouble, doth certify us of the glory consequent.”