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forthtold

forthtold is the simple past and past participle of forthtell.

Meaning of forthtell

Verb

forthtell (third-person singular simple present forthtells, present participle forthtelling, simple past and past participle forthtold)

  1. (transitive) To tell forth; publish abroad.
    • If someone who is seated is conscious that he has been given a special message, let the first be silent, for you can all forthtell the truth one by one so that all may learn and may be encouraged - and the spirits of those who forthtell the truth are [...]2002, William Barclay, The Letters to the Corinthians

Questions about forthtold

What is forthtold the simple past and past participle of?
Forthtold is the simple past and past participle of forthtell.

Words near forthtold in the dictionary

  1. forthspoke
  2. forthspoken
  3. forthtell
  4. forthtelling
  5. forthtells
  6. forthtold
  7. forthward
  8. forthwax
  9. forthwaxed
  10. forthwaxes
  11. forthwaxing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forthtold (page history and authors); forthtell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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