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forswinks

forswinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forswink.

Meaning of forswink

Verb

forswink (third-person singular simple present forswinks, present participle forswinking, simple past forswank or forswonk or forswonck, past participle forswunken or forswunk or forswonk or forswonck)

  1. (archaic, obsolete, poetic, transitive) To exhaust by labour; overwork.
    • She is my goddess plain,
      And I her shepherd's swain,
      Albe[it] forswonk and forswat I am.1810, original 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheard's Calender

Questions about forswinks

What is forswinks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forswinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forswink.

Words near forswinks in the dictionary

  1. forswelt
  2. forswelting
  3. forswing
  4. forswink
  5. forswinking
  6. forswinks
  7. forswollen
  8. forswore
  9. forsworn
  10. forswornness
  11. forswunk

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