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forebitten

forebitten adjective: bitten in front.

Adjective

forebitten (comparative more forebitten, superlative most forebitten)

  1. Bitten in front.
    • Dr. Barton has figured its rootstock, for a sample of the praemorse or forebitten root.1813, John Sims, Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Forms of forebitten

comparativemore forebitten
superlativemost forebitten

Origin of forebitten

From fore- + bitten; or as a past participle of forebite.

Questions about forebitten

What does forebitten mean?
Forebitten means bitten in front.
What part of speech is forebitten?
Forebitten is an adjective.

Words near forebitten in the dictionary

  1. forebemoaned
  2. forebirth
  3. forebirths
  4. forebite
  5. forebitt
  6. forebitten
  7. forebitter
  8. forebitters
  9. forebitts
  10. forebode
  11. foreboded

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