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formay

formay verb: to dismay.

Verb

formay (third-person singular simple present formays, present participle formaying, simple past and past participle formayed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dismay.
    • He went into Burgoyne all formayed.1470, Harding, Chron.

Forms of formay

third-person singular presentformays
present participleformaying
past participleformayed
pastformayed

Origin of formay

From for- + may. Compare amay, dismay.

Questions about formay

What does formay mean?
Formay means to dismay.
What part of speech is formay?
Formay is a verb.
What is the past tense of formay?
The past tense of formay is formayed.

Words near formay in the dictionary

  1. formatted
  2. formatter
  3. formatters
  4. formatting
  5. formattings
  6. formay
  7. formayed
  8. formaying
  9. formays
  10. formazan
  11. formazane

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