"forswallow" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English forswolewen",
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        "3": "forswelgan"
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        "3": "*farswelganą"
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        "2": "verzwelgen",
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        "4": "to engulf, swallow up"
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      "expansion": "Middle Low German vorswelgen (“to swallow up”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forswolewen, forswoluwen, forswolȝen, forswalȝen, forswelȝen, from Old English forswelgan, forswilgan (“to swallow up, devour, consume, absorb”), from Proto-Germanic *farswelganą, *fraswelganą (“to devour”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *swelganą (“to swallow”), equivalent to for- + swallow. Cognate with Dutch verzwelgen (“to engulf, swallow up”), Middle Low German vorswelgen (“to swallow up”), Middle High German verswelgen (“to swallow up”). More at for-, swallow.",
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    {
      "form": "forswallows",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forswallowing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forswallowed",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forswallowed",
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        "past"
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        "To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf."
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          "utterly",
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          "engulf",
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf."
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  "word": "forswallow"
}

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        "3": "",
        "4": "to engulf, swallow up"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forswolewen, forswoluwen, forswolȝen, forswalȝen, forswelȝen, from Old English forswelgan, forswilgan (“to swallow up, devour, consume, absorb”), from Proto-Germanic *farswelganą, *fraswelganą (“to devour”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *swelganą (“to swallow”), equivalent to for- + swallow. Cognate with Dutch verzwelgen (“to engulf, swallow up”), Middle Low German vorswelgen (“to swallow up”), Middle High German verswelgen (“to swallow up”). More at for-, swallow.",
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    },
    {
      "form": "forswallowing",
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    {
      "form": "forswallowed",
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      "form": "forswallowed",
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        "To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf."
      ],
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          "devour",
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf."
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