Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To forsake; quit; abandon; desert.

  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To cast off; scorn.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To despise; scorn.

Origin

From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian (“to neglect, disregard, despise

From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian (“to neglect, disregard, despise”), equivalent to for- + how. Cognate with Old Saxon farhuggjan, Old High German farhuggan.

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Forms

forhows, forhowing, forhowed, forhowed
Base formforhow · to forhow
3rd person singularforhows
Present participleforhowing
Past simpleforhowed
Past participleforhowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforhow
he, she, itforhows

Past simpleLesson

all personsforhowed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forhow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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