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foresnaffle

foresnaffle verb: to restrain; prohibit.

Verb

foresnaffle (third-person singular simple present foresnaffles, present participle foresnaffling, simple past and past participle foresnaffled)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To restrain; prohibit.
    • Had I not foresnaffled my mind by votarie promise Not to yoke in wedlock too no wight earthly my person, When my first feloship by murther beastly was eended, Had I not such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced, Haply this one faultie […]1844, The Gentleman's Magazine, volumes 176-177, page 606
    Synonyms:
    withstrain, prohibit

Synonyms of foresnaffle

Forms of foresnaffle

third-person singular presentforesnaffles
present participleforesnaffling
past participleforesnaffled
pastforesnaffled

Origin of foresnaffle

From fore- + snaffle.

Questions about foresnaffle

What does foresnaffle mean?
Foresnaffle means to restrain; prohibit.
What part of speech is foresnaffle?
Foresnaffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of foresnaffle?
The past tense of foresnaffle is foresnaffled.

Words near foresnaffle in the dictionary

  1. Foresman
  2. Foresmans
  3. foresmell
  4. foresmelling
  5. foresmells
  6. foresnaffle
  7. foresnaffled
  8. foresnaffles
  9. foresnaffling
  10. foresnatch
  11. foresnatching

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