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foresnaffling

foresnaffling is the present participle and gerund of foresnaffle.

Meaning of foresnaffle

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

Questions about foresnaffling

What is foresnaffling the present participle and gerund of?
Foresnaffling is the present participle and gerund of foresnaffle.

Words near foresnaffling in the dictionary

  1. foresmelling
  2. foresmells
  3. foresnaffle
  4. foresnaffled
  5. foresnaffles
  6. foresnaffling
  7. foresnatch
  8. foresnatching
  9. foresong
  10. foresongs
  11. foresought

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