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forgab

forgab verb: to mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.

Verb

forgab (third-person singular simple present forgabs, present participle forgabbing, simple past and past participle forgabbed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.

Synonyms of forgab

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Forms of forgab

third-person singular presentforgabs
present participleforgabbing
past participleforgabbed
pastforgabbed

Origin of forgab

From Middle English forgabben (“to mock”), equivalent to for- (“destructively, harmfully”) + gab.

Questions about forgab

What does forgab mean?
Forgab means to mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.
What part of speech is forgab?
Forgab is a verb.
What is the past tense of forgab?
The past tense of forgab is forgabbed.

Words near forgab in the dictionary

  1. forficulids
  2. forfid
  3. forfight
  4. forflutter
  5. forg
  6. forgab
  7. forgainst
  8. Forgan
  9. Forgandenny
  10. forgat
  11. forgather

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