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morfounded

morfounded is the simple past and past participle of morfound.

Meaning of morfound

Verb

morfound (third-person singular simple present morfounds, present participle morfounding, simple past and past participle morfounded)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To affect (an animal or person) with catarrh or coldlike illness.
    • As doth an hors morfounded by the waye / Whiche none accompte doth set by sporre ne thynge1509, Antoine de la Sale, The fyftene joyes of maryage, London: Wynkyn de Worde, page 44

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Adjective

morfounded (comparative more morfounded, superlative most morfounded)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Suffering from catarrh or coldlike illness.
    • When yee perteyue hir to be ſo moꝛfounded, and to haue loſt hir appetite, give hir no meate that day, but ſet water befoꝛe hir, and let hir bowze oꝛ bathe at hir pleaſure.1575, George Turberville, “Of the Hawke that is moꝛfounded by ſome miſchaunce”, in The Booke of Faulconrie or Hauking, for the Onely Delight and pleaſure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, […]...
    • Some ſhepheards put a little quantity of bloud on their temples,whereby they finde it very good,and foꝛ theſe alſo which haue a cough and are moꝛfounded, to giue them a ſpoonful of Mithꝛidate oꝛ treacle in wine.1633 [1590], Leonard Mascal [i.e, Leonard Mascall], “The Remedies and Medicines for Speepe and other Cattell”, in The Gouernment of Cattell, London: […] Thomas Harper for Iohn Hariſon, page 223

Forms of morfounded

comparativemore morfounded
superlativemost morfounded

Questions about morfounded

What does morfounded mean?
Morfounded means suffering from catarrh or coldlike illness.
What is morfounded the simple past and past participle of?
Morfounded is the simple past and past participle of morfound.
What part of speech is morfounded?
Morfounded is an adjective.

Words near morfounded in the dictionary

  1. Morfins
  2. Morford
  3. Morfords
  4. morforex
  5. morfound
  6. morfounded
  7. morfoundering
  8. morfounding
  9. morfounds
  10. Morfrey
  11. MoRFs

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