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forsweal

forsweal verb: to burn up.

Verb

forsweal (third-person singular simple present forsweals, present participle forswealing, simple past and past participle forswealed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To burn up.

Synonyms of forsweal

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Forms of forsweal

third-person singular presentforsweals
present participleforswealing
past participleforswealed
pastforswealed

Origin of forsweal

From Middle English forswelen, forswælen, from Old English forswǣlan (“to burn, burn up, inflame, consume”), equivalent to for- + sweal.

Questions about forsweal

What does forsweal mean?
Forsweal means to burn up.
What part of speech is forsweal?
Forsweal is a verb.
What is the past tense of forsweal?
The past tense of forsweal is forswealed.

Words near forsweal in the dictionary

  1. forsure
  2. forswallow
  3. forswart
  4. forswarted
  5. forswat
  6. forsweal
  7. forswealing
  8. forsweals
  9. forswear
  10. forswearer
  11. forswearers

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