Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forsay
Participle: forsaid
Gerund: forsaying
Indicative
Present
| I | forsay |
| you | forsay |
| he;she;it | forsays |
| we | forsay |
| you | forsay |
| they | forsay |
Perfect
| I | have forsaid |
| you | have forsaid |
| he;she;it | has forsaid |
| we | have forsaid |
| you | have forsaid |
| they | have forsaid |
Past
| I | forsaid |
| you | forsaid |
| he;she;it | forsaid |
| we | forsaid |
| you | forsaid |
| they | forsaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had forsaid |
| you | had forsaid |
| he;she;it | had forsaid |
| we | had forsaid |
| you | had forsaid |
| they | had forsaid |
Future
| I | will forsay |
| you | will forsay |
| he;she;it | will forsay |
| we | will forsay |
| you | will forsay |
| they | will forsay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forsaid |
| you | will have forsaid |
| he;she;it | will have forsaid |
| we | will have forsaid |
| you | will have forsaid |
| they | will have forsaid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forsay |
| you | forsay |
| he;she;it | forsay |
| we | forsay |
| you | forsay |
| they | forsay |
Perfect
| I | have forsaid |
| you | have forsaid |
| he;she;it | have forsaid |
| we | have forsaid |
| you | have forsaid |
| they | have forsaid |
Imperfect
| I | forsaid |
| you | forsaid |
| he;she;it | forsaid |
| we | forsaid |
| you | forsaid |
| they | forsaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had forsaid |
| you | had forsaid |
| he;she;it | had forsaid |
| we | had forsaid |
| you | had forsaid |
| they | had forsaid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forsay |
| you | would forsay |
| he;she;it | would forsay |
| we | would forsay |
| you | would forsay |
| they | would forsay |
Perfect
| I | would have forsaid |
| you | would have forsaid |
| he;she;it | would have forsaid |
| we | would have forsaid |
| you | would have forsaid |
| they | would have forsaid |
Imperative
| you | forsay |
| we | Let's forsay |
| you | forsay |
Verbs conjugated like 'forsay'
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 'forsay'
foray,
foresay,
forlay,
formay,
forray,
forway,
forban,
forbar,
forbuy,
fordry,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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. See: Dutch '
verzeggen', German, old spelling '
versagen', Swedish '
försäga'.
Verbs referencing "forsay"
German, old spelling
versagen.
Sample Sentences
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worldly sovenance he must forsay [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:]