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forworth

forworth

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Verb

forworth (third-person singular simple present forworths, present participle forworthing, simple past forworthed or forword, past participle forworthed or forworthen or forworden)

  1. (intransitive, rare, now chiefly dialectal) To perish; come to nought or ruin; go wrong.
  2. (intransitive, rare, now chiefly dialectal) To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to.