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forwalk

forwalk verb: to walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.

Verb

forwalk (third-person singular simple present forwalks, present participle forwalking, simple past and past participle forwalked)

  1. (transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
    • […] they wear away with continuance, even as time doth wear and forewalk us; […]1815, Thomas Nash, Christ's tears over Jerusalem

Forms of forwalk

third-person singular presentforwalks
present participleforwalking
past participleforwalked
pastforwalked
alternative formforewalk

Origin of forwalk

From Middle English forwalken, equivalent to for- + walk.

Questions about forwalk

What does forwalk mean?
Forwalk means to walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
What part of speech is forwalk?
Forwalk is a verb.
What is the past tense of forwalk?
The past tense of forwalk is forwalked.

Words near forwalk in the dictionary

  1. forumite
  2. forumites
  3. forumless
  4. forums
  5. forwake
  6. forwalk
  7. forwalked
  8. forwall
  9. forwander
  10. forwandered
  11. forwandering

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