forguilt

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verb

To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.

OriginMiddle English forgilten ← Old English forgyltan →
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Meanings

verbforguilt (third-person singular simple present forguilts, present participle forguilting, simple past and past participle forguilted)

present singular third person forguilts · participle present forguilting · participle past forguilted · past forguilted · alternative forgilt

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
  3. intransitiveobsoleteTo be guilty.

Origin

  1. Old Englishforgyltan“to sin, be or become guilty”
  2. Middle Englishforgilten
  3. Englishforguilt

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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

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