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forguilt

forguilt verb: to bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.

Verb

forguilt (third-person singular simple present forguilts, present participle forguilting, simple past and past participle forguilted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be guilty.

Forms of forguilt

third-person singular presentforguilts
present participleforguilting
past participleforguilted
pastforguilted
alternative formforgilt

Origin of forguilt

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.

Questions about forguilt

What does forguilt mean?
Forguilt means to bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
What part of speech is forguilt?
Forguilt is a verb.
What is the past tense of forguilt?
The past tense of forguilt is forguilted.

Words near forguilt in the dictionary

  1. forgrown
  2. forgrows
  3. forgs
  4. Forgue
  5. Forgues
  6. forguilt
  7. Forgy
  8. Forgys
  9. forhale
  10. forhaled
  11. forhales

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