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- Middle English · inherited fromforgabben“to mock”
- English todayforgab
From Middle English forgabben (“to mock”), equivalent to for- (“destructively, harmfully”) + gab.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
forgab
Today it means: To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of. Full definition →
Middle English forgabben