forfare
forfare · forfares · forfared / forfore · forfaring
To go to ruin; be destroyed; perishTo go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
(dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To destroy; ruin.
Origin
From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destFrom Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, equivalent to for- + fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”).
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Forms
forfares, forfaring, forfared, forfaredWord family
1 related wordsRelatedforfairn
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle