foresnaffle

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verb

To restrain; prohibit.

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Meanings

verbforesnaffle (third-person singular simple present foresnaffles, present participle foresnaffling, simple past and past participle foresnaffled)

present singular third person foresnaffles · participle present foresnaffling · participle past foresnaffled · past foresnaffled

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo restrain; prohibit.

    Had I not foresnaffled my mind by votarie promise Not to yoke in wedlock too no wight earthly my person, When my first feloship by murther beastly was eended, Had I not such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced, Haply this one faultie […]

    1844, The Gentleman's Magazine, volumes 176-177, page 606

    Synonyms: withstrain, prohibit

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo restrain; prohibit.

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withstrainprohibit
Also see
forspeakprohibit

Origin

From fore- + snaffle.

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APA

foresnaffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresnaffle

MLA

“foresnaffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresnaffle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foresnaffle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresnaffle.

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