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forthdrawn

forthdrawn is the past participle of forthdraw.

Meaning of forthdraw

Verb

forthdraw (third-person singular simple present forthdraws, present participle forthdrawing, simple past forthdrew, past participle forthdrawn)

  1. (obsolete, poetic, transitive) To draw or bring forth.
    • Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide,
      By chance he certaine miniments forth drew,
      Which yet with him as relickes did abide
      Of all the bounty which Belphebe threw
      On him, whilſt goodly grace ſhe did him ſhew: […]1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene: Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed [by Richard Field] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, →OCLC, book IV, canto VIII, stanza VI...

Adjective

forthdrawn (not comparable)

  1. Drawn forth; extended forward
    • On the tying of the threads the forthdrawn parts of the ligaments make turns, which can eventually be further fixed to the fundus with one or two Sutures.1922, Acta gynecologica Scandinavica - Volume 1

Questions about forthdrawn

What does forthdrawn mean?
Forthdrawn means drawn forth; extended forward.
What is forthdrawn the past participle of?
Forthdrawn is the past participle of forthdraw.
What part of speech is forthdrawn?
Forthdrawn is an adjective.

Words near forthdrawn in the dictionary

  1. forthcut
  2. forthdeal
  3. forthdeals
  4. forthdraw
  5. forthdrawing
  6. forthdrawn
  7. forthdraws
  8. forthdrew
  9. forthe
  10. forthen
  11. forthfare

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