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forwear

forwear verb: to wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.

Verb

forwear (third-person singular simple present forwears, present participle forwearing, simple past forwore, past participle forworn)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.

Forms of forwear

third-person singular presentforwears
present participleforwearing
pastforwore
past participleforworn

Origin of forwear

From Middle English forweren; equivalent to for- + wear.

Questions about forwear

What does forwear mean?
Forwear means to wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.
What part of speech is forwear?
Forwear is a verb.
What is the past tense of forwear?
The past tense of forwear is forwore.

Words near forwear in the dictionary

  1. forway
  2. forwean
  3. forweaned
  4. forweaning
  5. forweans
  6. forwear
  7. forwearied
  8. forwearies
  9. forwears
  10. forweary
  11. forwearying

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