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fortread

fortread verb: to tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.

Verb

fortread (third-person singular simple present fortreads, present participle fortreading, simple past fortrod, past participle fortrodden)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.

Forms of fortread

third-person singular presentfortreads
present participlefortreading
pastfortrod
past participlefortrodden

Origin of fortread

From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan (“to tread down, trample on”), from Proto-Germanic *fratredaną, *fratrudaną (“to trample”), equivalent to for- + tread. Compare Saterland Frisian fertreede, Dutch vertreden (“to trample”), German Low German vertreden, German vertreten ("to represent"; < Old High German firtretan (“to trample”)).

Questions about fortread

What does fortread mean?
Fortread means to tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.
What part of speech is fortread?
Fortread is a verb.
What is the past tense of fortread?
The past tense of fortread is fortrod.

Words near fortread in the dictionary

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

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