fortravel

F4O1R1T1R1A1V4E1L1

verb

To exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbfortravel (third-person singular simple present fortravels, present participle (US) fortraveling or (UK) fortravelling, simple past and past participle (US) fortraveled or (UK) fortravelled)

present singular third person fortravels · US participle present fortraveling · UK participle present fortravelling · US participle past fortraveled · US past fortraveled · UK participle past fortravelled · UK past fortravelled · alternative fortravail

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo tire by travel.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfortravailen
  2. Englishfortravel

From Middle English fortravailen, equivalent to for- + travel.

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APA

fortravel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortravel

MLA

“fortravel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortravel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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