Meanings
verbforfight (third-person singular simple present forfights, present participle forfighting, simple past forfought, past participle forfought or forfoughten)
present singular third person forfights · participle present forfighting · past forfought · participle past forfought · participle past forfoughten · alternative forefight · alternative forfecht
- obsoletetransitiveTo defend.
- UKdialectaltransitiveTo exhaust or overfatigue (oneself) with fighting.
Origin
- Middle Englishforfighten
- Englishforfight
From Middle English forfighten, forfehten (“to fight for, defend; exhaust with fighting”), equivalent to for- + fight.
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APA
forfight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forfight
MLA
“forfight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forfight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forfight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forfight.
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