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forwean

forwean verb: to accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.

Verb

forwean (third-person singular simple present forweans, present participle forweaning, simple past and past participle forweaned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.

Forms of forwean

third-person singular presentforweans
present participleforweaning
past participleforweaned
pastforweaned

Origin of forwean

From Middle English forwenien, forwanien, from Old English *forwenian (“to spoil”), from Proto-Germanic *frawanjaną (“to spoil”), equivalent to for- + wean. Compare Middle Low German vorwenen (“to forwean”), German verwöhnen (“to spoil, pamper, indulge”), Danish forvænne (“to indulge”).

Questions about forwean

What does forwean mean?
Forwean means to accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.
What part of speech is forwean?
Forwean is a verb.
What is the past tense of forwean?
The past tense of forwean is forweaned.

Words near forwean in the dictionary

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

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