"forwear" meaning in English

See forwear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: forwears [present, singular, third-person], forwearing [participle, present], forwore [past], forworn [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forweren; equivalent to for- + wear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forweren}} Middle English forweren, {{prefix|en|for|wear}} for- + wear Head templates: {{en-verb|forwears|forwearing|forwore|forworn}} forwear (third-person singular simple present forwears, present participle forwearing, simple past forwore, past participle forworn)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste. Tags: obsolete, transitive Related terms: forworn

Inflected forms

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