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forhows

forhows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forhow.

Meaning of forhow

Verb

forhow (third-person singular simple present forhows, present participle forhowing, simple past and past participle forhowed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To despise; scorn.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.
    • It was believed that handling any bird's eggs in the nest made the bird forhooie them, [...]1881, Gregor, Elk-Lore
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To cast off; scorn.
    • Mind what this lass has undergane for you, Since ye did her so treach'rously forhow, [...]1768, Ross, Hclenort

Questions about forhows

What is forhows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forhows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forhow.

Words near forhows in the dictionary

  1. forholding
  2. forholds
  3. forhow
  4. forhowed
  5. forhowing
  6. forhows
  7. forhungered
  8. forhush
  9. forhushes
  10. forinsec
  11. forint

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forhows (page history and authors); forhow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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