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forthleap

forthleap verb: to leap forth or out.

Verb

forthleap (third-person singular simple present forthleaps, present participle forthleaping, simple past and past participle forthleapt or forthleaped)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To leap forth or out.

Forms of forthleap

third-person singular presentforthleaps
present participleforthleaping
past participleforthleapt
pastforthleapt
past participleforthleaped
pastforthleaped

Origin of forthleap

From Middle English forthlepen, equivalent to forth- + leap.

Questions about forthleap

What does forthleap mean?
Forthleap means to leap forth or out.
What part of speech is forthleap?
Forthleap is a verb.
What is the past tense of forthleap?
The past tense of forthleap is forthleapt.

Words near forthleap in the dictionary

  1. forthinking
  2. forthinks
  3. forthlead
  4. forthleading
  5. forthleads
  6. forthleap
  7. forthleaping
  8. forthleaps
  9. forthleapt
  10. forthled
  11. forthlook

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