"forcover" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: forcovers [present, singular, third-person], forcovering [participle, present], forcovered [participle, past], forcovered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forcoveren (“to cover, cover up”), equivalent to for- + cover. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forcoveren|t=to cover, cover up}} Middle English forcoveren (“to cover, cover up”), {{pre|en|for|cover}} for- + cover Head templates: {{en-verb}} forcover (third-person singular simple present forcovers, present participle forcovering, simple past and past participle forcovered)
  1. (transitive, rare, archaic) To cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal. Tags: archaic, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-forcover-en-verb-PD0FuJ-3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-

Inflected forms

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