Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To revoke or put off, as something spoken for beforehand; annul, as an order, invitation, or engagement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
unsay ; toannul orcancel .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But you fare something the better for saying, “you unbespeak not your monitor.”
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Here also was Stapely: the rope-merchant, and dined with us; and, after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to W.ite Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1668 Pepys, Samuel 1669
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Here also was Stapely: the rope-merchant, and dined with us; and, after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to W.ite Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Stapely: the rope-merchant, and dined with us; and, after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to W.ite Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1669 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Stapely: the rope-merchant, and dined with us; and, after spending most of the afternoon also, I away home, and there sent for W. Hewer, and he and I by water to W.ite Hall to loop among other things, for Mr. May, to unbespeak his dining with me to-morrow.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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