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forshut

forshut verb: to shut off or out; preclude; prohibit.

Verb

forshut (third-person singular simple present forshuts, present participle forshutting, simple past and past participle forshut)

  1. (transitive) To shut off or out; preclude; prohibit.

Forms of forshut

third-person singular presentforshuts
present participleforshutting
past participleforshut
pastforshut
alternative formforschut

Origin of forshut

From Middle English forschutten, from Old English forscyttan (“to shut up, shut out, exclude, prevent, obviate”), equivalent to for- + shut.

Questions about forshut

What does forshut mean?
Forshut means to shut off or out; preclude; prohibit.
What part of speech is forshut?
Forshut is a verb.
What is the past tense of forshut?
The past tense of forshut is forshut.

Words near forshut in the dictionary

  1. Forshees
  2. Forshey
  3. Forsheys
  4. forshook
  5. forshorten
  6. forshut
  7. forshuts
  8. forshutting
  9. Forsinard
  10. forsing
  11. forskaliid

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