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forwearying

forwearying is the present participle and gerund of forweary.

Meaning of forweary

Verb

forweary (third-person singular simple present forwearies, present participle forwearying, simple past and past participle forwearied)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To weary utterly; tire out.
    • Forwearied with my sportes, I did alight
      From loftie steed, and downe to sleepe me layd1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book IX, Canto XIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.

See all 3 meanings of forweary

Questions about forwearying

What is forwearying the present participle and gerund of?
Forwearying is the present participle and gerund of forweary.

Words near forwearying in the dictionary

  1. forwear
  2. forwearied
  3. forwearies
  4. forwears
  5. forweary
  6. forwearying
  7. forweep
  8. forwelk
  9. forwent
  10. forwhy
  11. forwither

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