forweary

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verb

To weary utterly; tire out.

OriginMiddle English forwerien →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

forweary1

verbforweary (third-person singular simple present forwearies, present participle forwearying, simple past and past participle forwearied)

present singular third person forwearies · participle present forwearying · participle past forwearied · past forwearied

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo weary utterly; tire out.

    Forwearied with my sportes, I did alight From loftie steed, and downe to sleepe me layd

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book IX, Canto XIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo become wearied.

forweary2

adjectiveforweary (comparative more forweary, superlative most forweary)

comparative more forweary · superlative most forweary

  1. obsoleteExcessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.

Origin

forweary · verb

  1. Middle Englishforwerien
  2. Englishforweary

From Middle English forwerien, equivalent to for- + weary.

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forweary · adjective

  1. Middle Englishforwery
  2. Englishforweary

From Middle English forwery, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) + weary.

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Chicago

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