"forwean" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forweans [present, singular, third-person], forweaning [participle, present], forweaned [participle, past], forweaned [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forwenien, forwanien, from Old English *forwenian (“to spoil”), from Proto-Germanic *frawanjaną (“to spoil”), equivalent to for- + wean. Compare Middle Low German vorwenen (“to forwean”), German verwöhnen (“to spoil, pamper, indulge”), Danish forvænne (“to indulge”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forwenien}} Middle English forwenien, {{inh|en|ang|*forwenian||to spoil}} Old English *forwenian (“to spoil”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*frawanjaną||to spoil}} Proto-Germanic *frawanjaną (“to spoil”), {{prefix|en|for|wean}} for- + wean, {{cog|gml|vorwenen||to forwean}} Middle Low German vorwenen (“to forwean”), {{cog|de|verwöhnen||to spoil, pamper, indulge}} German verwöhnen (“to spoil, pamper, indulge”), {{cog|da|forvænne||to indulge}} Danish forvænne (“to indulge”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} forwean (third-person singular simple present forweans, present participle forweaning, simple past and past participle forweaned)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper. Tags: obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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