"forgnaw" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forgnaws [present, singular, third-person], forgnawing [participle, present], forgnawed [participle, past], forgnawed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forgnawen, forgnaȝen, from Old English forgnagan (“to eat up”), equivalent to for- + gnaw. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forgnawen}} Middle English forgnawen, {{inh|en|ang|forgnagan||to eat up}} Old English forgnagan (“to eat up”), {{prefix|en|for|gnaw}} for- + gnaw Head templates: {{en-verb}} forgnaw (third-person singular simple present forgnaws, present participle forgnawing, simple past and past participle forgnawed)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To gnaw in pieces; eat up. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-forgnaw-en-verb-3iwUprs~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-

Inflected forms

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