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forbought

forbought is the simple past and past participle of forbuy.

Meaning of forbuy

Verb

forbuy (third-person singular simple present forbuys, present participle forbuying, simple past and past participle forbought)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To buy off; ransom; redeem (from sin, hell, etc.).
  2. (archaic, transitive) To stone for; gain over; bribe.

Questions about forbought

What is forbought the simple past and past participle of?
Forbought is the simple past and past participle of forbuy.

Words near forbought in the dictionary

  1. forboding
  2. forbodings
  3. forbore
  4. forborn
  5. forborne
  6. forbought
  7. forbreak
  8. forbreaking
  9. forbreaks
  10. forbroke
  11. forbroken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forbought (page history and authors); forbuy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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