Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, obsolete, poetic)To exhaust by labour; overwork.

Origin

From Middle English forswinken, equivalent to for- + swink.

From Middle English forswinken, equivalent to for- + swink.

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Forms

forswinks, forswinking, forswank, forswunken
Base formforswink · to forswink
3rd person singularforswinks
Present participleforswinking
Past simpleforswank / forswonk / forswonck
Past participleforswunken / forswunk / forswonk / forswonck

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforswink
he, she, itforswinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsforswank

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forswink

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formulateC1formulationfornicationforsakefortforte
forswink — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto