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forhele

forhele verb: to conceal; hide.

Verb

forhele (third-person singular simple present forheles, present participle forheling, simple past forhole, past participle forholen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To conceal; hide.

Forms of forhele

third-person singular presentforheles
present participleforheling
pastforhole
past participleforholen

Origin of forhele

From Middle English forhelen, from Old English forhelan (“to cover up, conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *frahelaną (“to conceal, hide”), equivalent to for- + hele. Cognate with Dutch verhelen (“to conceal”), German verhehlen (“to hide, conceal”).

Questions about forhele

What does forhele mean?
Forhele means to conceal; hide.
What part of speech is forhele?
Forhele is a verb.
What is the past tense of forhele?
The past tense of forhele is forhole.

Words near forhele in the dictionary

  1. forharding
  2. forhards
  3. forhare
  4. forharing
  5. forheld
  6. forhele
  7. forheling
  8. forhew
  9. forhewing
  10. forhews
  11. forhill

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