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forbuy

forbuy verb: to buy off; ransom; redeem (from sin, hell, etc.).

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.

forbuy meaning in Bengali

forbuy in Bengali

ঘুষ দিয়ে ছাড়ানো, মুক্তিপণ দেওয়া, প্রায়শ্চিত্ত করা, বশ করা, ঘুষ দেওয়া

Forms of forbuy

third-person singular presentforbuys
present participleforbuying
past participleforbought
pastforbought

Origin of forbuy

From Middle English *forbyen, forbiggen, forbuggen, equivalent to for- + buy.

Words formed from forbuy

Words that rhyme with forbuy

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Questions about forbuy

What does forbuy mean?
Forbuy means to buy off; ransom; redeem (from sin, hell, etc.).
What is forbuy in Bengali?
Forbuy in Bengali is ঘুষ দিয়ে ছাড়ানো, মুক্তিপণ দেওয়া, প্রায়শ্চিত্ত করা. See Forbuy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is forbuy?
Forbuy is a verb.
What is the past tense of forbuy?
The past tense of forbuy is forbought.

Words near forbuy in the dictionary

  1. Forbush effect
  2. Forbush effects
  3. Forbush's sparrow
  4. Forbush's sparrows
  5. Forbushes
  6. forbuy
  7. forbuyer
  8. forbuyers
  9. forbuying
  10. forbuys
  11. forby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forbuy (page history and authors); forbuy (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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