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forcovering

forcovering is the present participle and gerund of forcover.

Meaning of forcover

Verb

forcover (third-person singular simple present forcovers, present participle forcovering, simple past and past participle forcovered)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal.
    • And she did about his hands little skins of kids, and she forcovered the nakedness of the neck, and gave the dish and took the loaves that she had baked.1879, Thomas Pownall Boultbee, A history of the Church of England: pre-Reformation period

Questions about forcovering

What is forcovering the present participle and gerund of?
Forcovering is the present participle and gerund of forcover.

Words near forcovering in the dictionary

  1. forclosing
  2. forclosure
  3. forclosures
  4. forcover
  5. forcovered
  6. forcovering
  7. forcovers
  8. forcque
  9. forcques
  10. forcurse
  11. forcursed

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