forsench

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verb

To submerge; cause to sink; drown.

OriginMiddle English forsenchen ← Old English forsenċan →
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Meanings

verbforsench (third-person singular simple present forsenches, present participle forsenching, simple past and past participle forsenched)

present singular third person forsenches · participle present forsenching · participle past forsenched · past forsenched

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo submerge; cause to sink; drown.

Origin

  1. Old Englishforsenċan“to reject”
  2. Middle Englishforsenchen
  3. Englishforsench

From Middle English forsenchen, from Old English forsenċan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”). By surface analysis, for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”). Cognate with Old High German firsenken (“to sink, destroy”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forsench,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forsench.

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