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forwandering

forwandering is the present participle and gerund of forwander.

Meaning of forwander

Verb

forwander (third-person singular simple present forwanders, present participle forwandering, simple past and past participle forwandered)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
    • Ah, I am full weary, lief, let me sleep, Forwandered and walked in this forest.2009, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary.
    • […] His courage, His purity, His meekness; His daily wakefulness to God's voice, the swiftness and brilliance of His speech for others, His silence under His own torments; His resorts—among the bruised, the prisoners, the forwandered of Israel, […]1897, Sir George Adam Smith, The book of Isaiah

Questions about forwandering

What is forwandering the present participle and gerund of?
Forwandering is the present participle and gerund of forwander.

Words near forwandering in the dictionary

  1. forwalk
  2. forwalked
  3. forwall
  4. forwander
  5. forwandered
  6. forwandering
  7. forwanders
  8. forward
  9. forward and backward
  10. forward assist
  11. forward bias

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