Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foresay
Participle: foresaid
Gerund: foresaying
Indicative
Present
| I | foresay |
| you | foresay |
| he;she;it | foresays |
| we | foresay |
| you | foresay |
| they | foresay |
Perfect
| I | have foresaid |
| you | have foresaid |
| he;she;it | has foresaid |
| we | have foresaid |
| you | have foresaid |
| they | have foresaid |
Past
| I | foresaid |
| you | foresaid |
| he;she;it | foresaid |
| we | foresaid |
| you | foresaid |
| they | foresaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had foresaid |
| you | had foresaid |
| he;she;it | had foresaid |
| we | had foresaid |
| you | had foresaid |
| they | had foresaid |
Future
| I | will foresay |
| you | will foresay |
| he;she;it | will foresay |
| we | will foresay |
| you | will foresay |
| they | will foresay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foresaid |
| you | will have foresaid |
| he;she;it | will have foresaid |
| we | will have foresaid |
| you | will have foresaid |
| they | will have foresaid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foresay |
| you | foresay |
| he;she;it | foresay |
| we | foresay |
| you | foresay |
| they | foresay |
Perfect
| I | have foresaid |
| you | have foresaid |
| he;she;it | have foresaid |
| we | have foresaid |
| you | have foresaid |
| they | have foresaid |
Imperfect
| I | foresaid |
| you | foresaid |
| he;she;it | foresaid |
| we | foresaid |
| you | foresaid |
| they | foresaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had foresaid |
| you | had foresaid |
| he;she;it | had foresaid |
| we | had foresaid |
| you | had foresaid |
| they | had foresaid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foresay |
| you | would foresay |
| he;she;it | would foresay |
| we | would foresay |
| you | would foresay |
| they | would foresay |
Perfect
| I | would have foresaid |
| you | would have foresaid |
| he;she;it | would have foresaid |
| we | would have foresaid |
| you | would have foresaid |
| they | would have foresaid |
Imperative
| you | foresay |
| we | Let's foresay |
| you | foresay |
Verbs conjugated like 'foresay'
againsay,
appay,
assay,
belay,
enlay,
forelay,
foresay,
forlay,
forsay,
gainsay,
inlay,
interlay,
lay,
mislay,
mispay,
missay,
outlay,
outstay,
overlay,
overpay, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'foresay'
forelay,
forepay,
forestay,
forsay,
foray,
forebuy,
forecry,
foreplay,
foresave,
foresee,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English foresayen, foreseyen, foreseggen (found only in past participle foresaid), from Old English foreseċġan (“to foresay, foretell, predict, announce, mention beforehand”), equivalent to fore- + say. Cognate with Dutch voorzeggen (“to foretell, presage”), Old Danish foresige, Swedish föresäga, förutsäga (“to predict”). See: Dutch '
voorzeggen', Swedish '
föresäga'.
Verbs referencing "foresay"
Cimbrian vorzégan.
Sample Sentences
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Let ordinance / Come as the gods foresay it. [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:]