"forhow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forhows [present, singular, third-person], forhowing [participle, present], forhowed [participle, past], forhowed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian (“to neglect, disregard, despise”), equivalent to for- + how. Cognate with Old Saxon farhuggjan, Old High German farhuggan. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forhowien}} Middle English forhowien, {{inh|en|ang|forhogian||to neglect, disregard, despise}} Old English forhogian (“to neglect, disregard, despise”), {{prefix|en|for|how}} for- + how, {{cog|osx|farhuggjan}} Old Saxon farhuggjan, {{cog|goh|farhuggan}} Old High German farhuggan Head templates: {{en-verb}} forhow (third-person singular simple present forhows, present participle forhowing, simple past and past participle forhowed)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To despise; scorn. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-forhow-en-verb-f3IMwvNM
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-forhow-en-verb-cQjITFOP Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To cast off; scorn. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-forhow-en-verb-wPnLZqJ6 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 14 36 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forhoo, forhooie, forhooy, forhui, furhow

Inflected forms

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