"fordread" meaning in English

See fordread in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fordreads [present, singular, third-person], fordreading [participle, present], fordreaded [participle, past], fordreaded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English fordreden, from Old English fordrǣdan (“to terrify”), equivalent to for- + dread. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fordreden}} Middle English fordreden, {{inh|en|ang|fordrǣdan||to terrify}} Old English fordrǣdan (“to terrify”), {{prefix|en|for|dread}} for- + dread Head templates: {{en-verb}} fordread (third-person singular simple present fordreads, present participle fordreading, simple past and past participle fordreaded)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in dread of. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fordread-en-verb-cHXztHrR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 56 44
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To terrify greatly. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fordread-en-verb-jy9~v3CZ

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fordread meaning in English (1.8kB)

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