"forfight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forfights [present, singular, third-person], forfighting [participle, present], forfought [past], forfought [participle, past], forfoughten [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forfighten, forfehten (“to fight for, defend; exhaust with fighting”), equivalent to for- + fight. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forfighten}} Middle English forfighten, {{prefix|en|for|fight}} for- + fight Head templates: {{en-verb|forfights|forfighting|forfought|past_ptc2=forfoughten}} forfight (third-person singular simple present forfights, present participle forfighting, simple past forfought, past participle forfought or forfoughten)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To defend. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-forfight-en-verb-8EVUb~Nf
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To exhaust or overfatigue (oneself) with fighting. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-forfight-en-verb-fWHGpD1L Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forefight, forfecht [Scotland] Derived forms: forfighter, forfought, forfoughten
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