Usually means: To predict or foretell something.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word forspeak:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. forspeak: Merriam-Webster
  2. forspeak: Collins English Dictionary
  3. forspeak: Wordnik
  4. forspeak: Wiktionary
  5. Forspeak: Dictionary.com
  6. Forspeak: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. forspeak: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Forspeak: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. forspeak: FreeDictionary.org
  10. forspeak: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (forspeak)

verb:  (transitive, dialectal, Northern England and Scotland) To injure or cause bad luck through immoderate praise or flattery; to affect with the curse of an evil tongue, which brings ill luck upon all objects of its praise.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To bewitch, to charm.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To forbid, to prohibit; to oppose.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To say bad things about; to slander.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of forespeak [(transitive, archaic) To foretell, to predict.]

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