forguilt in English

Forms: forguilts [present, singular, third-person], forguilting [participle, present], forguilted [participle, past], forguilted [past], forgilt [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forgilten}} Middle English forgilten, {{inh|en|ang|forgyltan||to sin, be or become guilty}} Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), {{prefix|en|for|guilt}} for- + guilt Head templates: {{en-verb}} forguilt (third-person singular simple present forguilts, present participle forguilting, simple past and past participle forguilted)

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"forguilt" meaning in English

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