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forthdrew

forthdrew is the simple past 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...

Questions about forthdrew

What is forthdrew the simple past of?
Forthdrew is the simple past of forthdraw.

Words near forthdrew in the dictionary

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

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