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forlie

forlie verb: to lie with.

Verb

forlie (third-person singular simple present forlies, present participle forlying, simple past forlay, past participle forlain)

  1. (transitive) To lie with.
  2. (transitive) To overlay (a child).

Forms of forlie

third-person singular presentforlies
present participleforlying
pastforlay
past participleforlain

Origin of forlie

From Middle English forliggen, from Old English forliċġan (reflexive, “to lie with, fornicate”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraliggjan, equivalent to for- + lie. Cognate with Dutch verliggen, German verliegen.

Questions about forlie

What does forlie mean?
Forlie means to lie with.
What part of speech is forlie?
Forlie is a verb.
What is the past tense of forlie?
The past tense of forlie is forlay.

Words near forlie in the dictionary

  1. forlest
  2. forlet
  3. forlets
  4. forletting
  5. Forli
  6. forlie
  7. forlighten
  8. forlightens
  9. Forlivian
  10. Forlivians
  11. forlong

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