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forgrows

forgrows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forgrow.

Meaning of forgrow

Verb

forgrow (third-person singular simple present forgrows, present participle forgrowing, simple past forgrew, past participle forgrown)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
    • A terror to the new made folke, which neuer erst had knowne
      So foule a Dragon in their life, so monstrously foregrowne,
      So great a ground thy poyson paunch did vnderneath thée hide.1567, Arthur Golding, transl., The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, Book 1
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).
    • And after the floode was passed & Noy and his housholde come out of the arke, the worlde beyng deuided among his thre sonnes, Sem, Cham, and Iaphethe, and that the people began eftsones to multiplye and increase, the worlde was so forgrowen in wickednes, that there was none found, that truely...1561, John Gough, “To the Christian Reader”, in A Godly Boke Wherein is Contayned Certayne Fruitefull, Godlye, and Necessarye Rules, London: William Seres

Questions about forgrows

What is forgrows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forgrows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forgrow.

Words near forgrows in the dictionary

  1. forgottens
  2. forgrew
  3. forgrow
  4. forgrowing
  5. forgrown
  6. forgrows
  7. forgs
  8. Forgue
  9. Forgues
  10. forguilt
  11. Forgy

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