verb · intransitive

feague

feague · feagues · feagued · feaguing

To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of…To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.

/fiːɡ/

Meaning

4 senses

To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.
(obsolete)To beat or whip; to drive.
(obsolete)To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.
(obsolete)To have sexual intercourse with.

Origin

From Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”), from Middle Dutch vēghen (“to cleanse”), from Old D

From Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”), from Middle Dutch vēghen (“to cleanse”), from Old Dutch *fegōn (“to cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, to adorn”).

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Forms

feagues, feaguing, feagued, feagued

Base form	feague · to feague
3rd person singular	feagues
Present participle	feaguing
Past simple	feagued
Past participle	feagued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	feague
he, she, it	feagues

Past simpleLesson

all persons

feagued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have feagued
he, she, it	has feagued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will feague

Synonyms

6 synonyms

increase the liveliness of a horse:gingerB1

beat or whip:flog

have sexual intercourse with:coitize

lash go to bed with sleep with

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle