Meaning

4 senses

  1. 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.

  2. (obsolete)To beat or whip; to drive.

  3. (obsolete)To subject to some harmful scheme; to ‘do in’.

  4. (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

regular · Lesson

Base formfeague · to feague
3rd person singularfeagues
Present participlefeaguing
Past simplefeagued
Past participlefeagued

Tenses

feague · feagued · will feague · have feagued

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfeague
he, she, itfeagues

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave feagued
he, she, ithas feagued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill feague

Past simpleLesson

all personsfeagued

Synonyms

2 synonyms
To increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an…:gingerB1
(obsolete)To beat or whip:flog

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfeak

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fawnfaxB1fazefealtyfearA2

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