"forburn" meaning in English

See forburn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: forburns [present, singular, third-person], forburning [participle, present], forburned [participle, past], forburned [past], forburnt [participle, past], forburnt [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forburnen, forbrinnen, from Old English forbirnan (intransitive) and forbærnan (transitive), equivalent to for- + burn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbaadenje, ferbaanje (“to burn up”), West Frisian ferbarne (“to burn up”), German Low German verbrannen (“to burn up”), German verbrennen (“to burn up, incinerate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forburnen}} Middle English forburnen, {{m|enm|forbrinnen}} forbrinnen, {{inh|en|ang|forbirnan}} Old English forbirnan, {{m|ang|forbærnan}} forbærnan, {{af|en|for-|burn}} for- + burn, {{cog|stq|ferbaadenje}} Saterland Frisian ferbaadenje, {{m|stq|ferbaanje|t=to burn up}} ferbaanje (“to burn up”), {{cog|fy|ferbarne|t=to burn up}} West Frisian ferbarne (“to burn up”), {{cog|nds-de|verbrannen|t=to burn up}} German Low German verbrannen (“to burn up”), {{cog|de|verbrennen|t=to burn up, incinerate}} German verbrennen (“to burn up, incinerate”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=forburnt}} forburn (third-person singular simple present forburns, present participle forburning, simple past and past participle forburned or forburnt)
  1. (transitive) To destroy, torture, or injure by burning; burn up; burn down. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-forburn-en-verb-TZutnyQZ Disambiguation of Fire: 48 52
  2. (intransitive) To burn; be burnt; be consumed by fire; to be on fire. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-forburn-en-verb-yG6zrlVT Disambiguation of Fire: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 40 60

Inflected forms

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