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forstaw

forstaw is the alternative spelling of forsta.

Meaning of forsta

Verb

forsta (third-person singular simple present forstas, present participle forstaing, simple past and past participle forstaed)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive, transitive) To comprehend; understand.
    • A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...]1714, Joseph Ritson, Scotish song

Forms of forstaw

third-person singular presentforstaws
present participleforstawing
past participleforstawed
pastforstawed

Questions about forstaw

What is forstaw the alternative spelling of?
Forstaw is the alternative spelling of forsta.

Words near forstaw in the dictionary

  1. forstanding
  2. forstands
  3. forstas
  4. Forstater
  5. Forstaters
  6. forstaw
  7. forstawed
  8. forstawing
  9. forstaws
  10. forsteal
  11. forstealing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forstaw (page history and authors); forsta (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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