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forswart

forswart verb: to blacken; make or become swart or swarthy; sunburn.

Verb

forswart (third-person singular simple present forswarts, present participle forswarting, simple past and past participle forswart or forswarted)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To blacken; make or become swart or swarthy; sunburn.

Adjective

forswart (comparative more forswart, superlative most forswart)

  1. (obsolete) Forswarted.

Forms of forswart

Verb
third-person singular presentforswarts
present participleforswarting
past participleforswart
pastforswart
past participleforswarted
pastforswarted
Adjective
comparativemore forswart
superlativemost forswart

Origin of forswart

From Middle English forswarten, equivalent to for- + swart.

Words formed from forswart

Questions about forswart

What does forswart mean?
Forswart means to blacken; make or become swart or swarthy; sunburn.
What part of speech is forswart?
Forswart can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of forswart?
The past tense of forswart is forswart.

Words near forswart in the dictionary

  1. forstorite
  2. forstraught
  3. Forsts
  4. forsure
  5. forswallow
  6. forswart
  7. forswarted
  8. forswat
  9. forsweal
  10. forswealing
  11. forsweals

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