Meanings
verbforhang (third-person singular simple present forhangs, present participle forhanging, simple past and past participle forhanged)
present singular third person forhangs · participle present forhanging · participle past forhanged · past forhanged
- obsoleteto hang to death, put to death by hanging.
Synonyms: string up, Guy Fawkes, hang, ketch, send to the scaffold, scrag, stretch, string up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbto hang to death, put to death by hanging.
Origin
From Early Modern English, from for- + hang.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forhang,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forhang.
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