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fortravel

fortravel verb: to exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.

Verb

fortravel (third-person singular simple present fortravels, present participle (US) fortraveling or (UK) fortravelling, simple past and past participle (US) fortraveled or (UK) fortravelled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To tire by travel.

Forms of fortravel

third-person singular presentfortravels
present participle USfortraveling
present participle UKfortravelling
past participle USfortraveled
past USfortraveled
past participle UKfortravelled
past UKfortravelled
alternative formfortravail

Origin of fortravel

From Middle English fortravailen, equivalent to for- + travel.

Questions about fortravel

What does fortravel mean?
Fortravel means to exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.
What part of speech is fortravel?
Fortravel is a verb.
What is the past tense of fortravel?
The past tense of fortravel is fortraveled.

Words near fortravel in the dictionary

  1. Forton
  2. Fortons
  3. fortook
  4. FORTRAN
  5. Fortranlike
  6. fortravel
  7. fortread
  8. fortress
  9. Fortress Europe
  10. Fortress Hill
  11. fortresse

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