forhale

Meanings

verbforhale (third-person singular simple present forhales, present participle forhaling, simple past and past participle forhaled)

present singular third person forhales · participle present forhaling · participle past forhaled · past forhaled

Also see

From earlier forhail, equivalent to for- + hale. Compare Norwegian and Danish forhale (“to delay”), Swedish förhala (“to protract, prolong, retard”).

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APA

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

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Chicago

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

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