forcover

F4O1R1C3O1V4E1R1

verb

To cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal.

OriginMiddle English forcoveren →
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Meanings

verbforcover (third-person singular simple present forcovers, present participle forcovering, simple past and past participle forcovered)

present singular third person forcovers · participle present forcovering · participle past forcovered · past forcovered

  1. archaicraretransitiveTo cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal.

    And she did about his hands little skins of kids, and she forcovered the nakedness of the neck, and gave the dish and took the loaves that she had baked.

    1879, Thomas Pownall Boultbee, A history of the Church of England: pre-Reformation period

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cover up

Origin

  1. Middle Englishforcoveren“to cover, cover up”
  2. Englishforcover

From Middle English forcoveren (“to cover, cover up”), equivalent to for- + cover.

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APA

forcover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcover

MLA

“forcover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forcover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcover.

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