"forwax" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "forwaxen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forwaxen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "forweaxan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to progress, grow too much, become overgrown"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "wax",
        "t2": "to grow, increase"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + wax (“to grow, increase”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verwachsen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to grow together, heal over, overgrow"
      },
      "expansion": "German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forwaxen, from Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”), equivalent to for- + wax (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forwaxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past_ptc2": "forwaxen"
      },
      "expansion": "forwax (third-person singular simple present forwaxes, present participle forwaxing, simple past forwaxed, past participle forwaxed or forwaxen)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1475, Couldrette, The romans of Partenay:",
          "text": "Horrible gret was, A forwoxen grome, Such Another neuer had he sain.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell."
      ],
      "id": "en-forwax-en-verb-Sbvtv9Uz",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "excess",
          "excess"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "overgrow",
          "overgrow"
        ],
        [
          "swell",
          "swell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forwax"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "forwaxen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forwaxen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "forweaxan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to progress, grow too much, become overgrown"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "wax",
        "t2": "to grow, increase"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + wax (“to grow, increase”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verwachsen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to grow together, heal over, overgrow"
      },
      "expansion": "German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forwaxen, from Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”), equivalent to for- + wax (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forwaxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwaxen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past_ptc2": "forwaxen"
      },
      "expansion": "forwax (third-person singular simple present forwaxes, present participle forwaxing, simple past forwaxed, past participle forwaxed or forwaxen)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms prefixed with for-",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1475, Couldrette, The romans of Partenay:",
          "text": "Horrible gret was, A forwoxen grome, Such Another neuer had he sain.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "excess",
          "excess"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "overgrow",
          "overgrow"
        ],
        [
          "swell",
          "swell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forwax"
}