forbreak in English

Forms: forbreaks [present, singular, third-person], forbreaking [participle, present], forbroke [past], forbroken [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle English forbreken, from Old English forbrecan (“to break up, break in pieces, violate, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *frabrekaną (“to break up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”), equivalent to for- (“fully, up”) + break. Cognate with Dutch verbreken (“to sever, disrupt”), German verbrechen (“to commit, perpetrate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forbreken}} Middle English forbreken, {{inh|en|ang|forbrecan||to break up, break in pieces, violate, destroy}} Old English forbrecan (“to break up, break in pieces, violate, destroy”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*frabrekaną||to break up}} Proto-Germanic *frabrekaną (“to break up”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰreg-||to break}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”), {{prefix|en|for|break|t1=fully, up}} for- (“fully, up”) + break, {{cog|nl|verbreken||to sever, disrupt}} Dutch verbreken (“to sever, disrupt”), {{cog|de|verbrechen||to commit, perpetrate}} German verbrechen (“to commit, perpetrate”) Head templates: {{en-verb|forbreaks|forbreaking|forbroke|forbroken}} forbreak (third-person singular simple present forbreaks, present participle forbreaking, simple past forbroke, past participle forbroken)

Inflected forms

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        "To break through, interrupt."
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"forbreak" meaning in English

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