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forway

forway verb: to go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.

Verb

forway (third-person singular simple present forways, present participle forwaying, simple past and past participle forwayed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.

Forms of forway

third-person singular presentforways
present participleforwaying
past participleforwayed
pastforwayed

Origin of forway

From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen (“to go astay, go out of the way”), partly equivalent to for- + way (compare Old English forweġan (“to overcome, kill”)); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen (“to err, go astray”), from Old French forsveer, forvoier (“to go astray, err”).

Questions about forway

What does forway mean?
Forway means to go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.
What part of speech is forway?
Forway is a verb.
What is the past tense of forway?
The past tense of forway is forwayed.

Words near forway in the dictionary

  1. forwax
  2. forwaxed
  3. forwaxen
  4. forwaxes
  5. forwaxing
  6. forway
  7. forwean
  8. forweaned
  9. forweaning
  10. forweans
  11. forwear

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