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forspanning

forspanning is the present participle and gerund of forspan.

Meaning of forspan

Verb

forspan (third-person singular simple present forspans, present participle forspanning, simple past and past participle forspanned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To entice; seduce.

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Questions about forspanning

What is forspanning the present participle and gerund of?
Forspanning is the present participle and gerund of forspan.

Words near forspanning in the dictionary

  1. forsookest
  2. forsooth
  3. forsought
  4. forspake
  5. forspan
  6. forspanning
  7. forspare
  8. forspeak
  9. forspeaking
  10. forspeaks
  11. forspend

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forspanning (page history and authors); forspan (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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