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unbespeak

verb

Etymology

From un- + bespeak.

  1. inherited from *bisprekaną✻ — “to speak about, discuss, blame”
  2. inherited from *bisprekan✻ — “to discuss, blame”
  3. inherited from *bespecan✻
  4. inherited from bespeken
  5. prefixed as unbespeak — “un + bespeak”

Definitions

  1. To unsay

    To unsay; to annul or cancel something that has been said.

    • […] after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to White Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA