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forburns

forburns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forburn.

Meaning of forburn

Verb

forburn (third-person singular simple present forburns, present participle forburning, simple past and past participle forburned or forburnt)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To destroy or damage by burning.
    • [He] sent then a host thither and bade slay all the town-ship, and forburn the town.1852, Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To burn; to be consumed by fire.

Questions about forburns

What is forburns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forburns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forburn.

Words near forburns in the dictionary

  1. forbroken
  2. forbs
  3. forburn
  4. forburned
  5. forburning
  6. forburns
  7. forburnt
  8. forburst
  9. forbursting
  10. forbursts
  11. Forbus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forburns (page history and authors); forburn (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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