forthspeaking

noun 3adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

The act of speaking forth or declaring; declaration.

Revelation means nothing else. It is the forthputting, forthspeaking of the interior of God's nature, [...]

Can there be a more dubious moment in the entire poem than this precariously enjambed impersonation of prophetic forthspeaking?

2

Prophecy.

Evolution of prophecy, or forthspeaking on behalf of the divine.

3

Revelation.

This refers not to ordinary religious discourses for the edification of the church, but to such a forthspeaking of the mind of God in relation to truth, duty, or coming events ns the inward action of the Holy Spirit on the mind may produce.

adj

1

Speaking forth; declaring; prophesying.

In fact, in this political poetry Agee resembles nothing so much as the “ forthspeaking prophet” evoked by Paul Ashdown, who assumes a role “both satirical and visionary, to both attack and inspire [his] readers and to seek meaning in ostensibly trivial or grotesque events."

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