ppl. a. Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + SPOKEN; in OE. foresp(r)ecen.] That has been spoken of before, aforesaid, before-mentioned.

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c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxviii. § 3. Do þæs lean to þæm forspecenan goodum.

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1625.  F. Markham, Bk. Hon., II. iv. § 5. 55. Without these fore-spoken disabilities, though the life haue in it no manner of Excellence, yet they shall hold their Raunges and Places.

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