"forehew" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forehews [present, singular, third-person], forehewing [participle, present], forehewed [past], forehewn [participle, past], forehewed [participle, past]
Etymology: From fore- + hew. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|hew}} fore- + hew Head templates: {{en-verb||||forehewn|past_ptc2=forehewed}} forehew (third-person singular simple present forehews, present participle forehewing, simple past forehewed, past participle forehewn or forehewed)
  1. (transitive) To hew or cut in front. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-forehew-en-verb-sQqDnGo7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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