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forsench

forsench verb: to submerge; cause to sink; drown.

Verb

forsench (third-person singular simple present forsenches, present participle forsenching, simple past and past participle forsenched)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To submerge; cause to sink; drown.

Forms of forsench

third-person singular presentforsenches
present participleforsenching
past participleforsenched
pastforsenched

Origin of forsench

From Middle English forsenchen, from Old English forsenċan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”). By surface analysis, for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”). Cognate with Old High German firsenken (“to sink, destroy”).

Questions about forsench

What does forsench mean?
Forsench means to submerge; cause to sink; drown.
What part of speech is forsench?
Forsench is a verb.
What is the past tense of forsench?
The past tense of forsench is forsenched.

Words near forsench in the dictionary

  1. forseen
  2. forsees
  3. Forsell
  4. Forsells
  5. Forsen
  6. forsench
  7. forsenched
  8. forsenches
  9. forsenching
  10. forsend
  11. forsending

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