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fordread

fordread verb: to be in dread of.

Verb

fordread (third-person singular simple present fordreads, present participle fordreading, simple past and past participle fordreaded)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in dread of.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To terrify greatly.

Forms of fordread

third-person singular presentfordreads
present participlefordreading
past participlefordreaded
pastfordreaded

Origin of fordread

From Middle English fordreden, from Old English fordrǣdan (“to terrify”), equivalent to for- + dread.

Questions about fordread

What does fordread mean?
Fordread means to be in dread of.
What part of speech is fordread?
Fordread is a verb.
What is the past tense of fordread?
The past tense of fordread is fordreaded.

Words near fordread in the dictionary

  1. fordone
  2. Fordonomics
  3. fordote
  4. Fordoun
  5. Fordow
  6. fordread
  7. fordreaded
  8. fordreading
  9. fordreads
  10. fordrench
  11. fordrenched

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