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fortatter

fortatter verb: to tear to tatters; tatter.

Verb

fortatter (third-person singular simple present fortatters, present participle fortattering, simple past and past participle fortattered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To tear to tatters; tatter.

Forms of fortatter

third-person singular presentfortatters
present participlefortattering
past participlefortattered
pastfortattered

Origin of fortatter

From Middle English fortateren, equivalent to for- + tatter.

Questions about fortatter

What does fortatter mean?
Fortatter means to tear to tatters; tatter.
What part of speech is fortatter?
Fortatter is a verb.
What is the past tense of fortatter?
The past tense of fortatter is fortattered.

Words near fortatter in the dictionary

  1. fortaketh
  2. Fortaleza
  3. fortalice
  4. fortalices
  5. fortamine
  6. fortatter
  7. fortaught
  8. fortax
  9. fortaxes
  10. forte
  11. forteach

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