"forsench" meaning in English

See forsench in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: forsenches [present, singular, third-person], forsenching [participle, present], forsenched [participle, past], forsenched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forsenchen, from Old English forsencan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”), equivalent to for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”). Cognate with Old High German farsenkan. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forsenchen}} Middle English forsenchen, {{inh|en|ang|forsencan||to reject|lit=cause to sink}} Old English forsencan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”), {{prefix|en|for|sench|t1=up, fully, completely|t2=to cause to sink}} for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”), {{cog|goh|farsenkan}} Old High German farsenkan Head templates: {{en-verb}} forsench (third-person singular simple present forsenches, present participle forsenching, simple past and past participle forsenched)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To submerge; cause to sink; drown. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-forsench-en-verb-ZUAM8FO4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-

Inflected forms

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