Monday, September 3, 2012

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: forwork

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forwork
Sep 4th 2012, 05:10

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# {{transitive}} To [[forfeit]] (a possession, privilege, etc.); [[ruin]] (oneself) by one's own [[conduct]].
 
# {{transitive}} To [[forfeit]] (a possession, privilege, etc.); [[ruin]] (oneself) by one's own [[conduct]].
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# {{transitive}} To [[obstruct]]; [[barricade]]; [[block]].
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#*'''1881''', Grant Allen, ''Early Britain'':
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#*: And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had '''forwrought''' [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.
 
# {{transitive}} To do [[wrong]] to; [[injure]]; [[scathe]].
 
# {{transitive}} To do [[wrong]] to; [[injure]]; [[scathe]].
 
# {{transitive}} To [[overwork]]; [[exhaust]] with [[toil]].
 
# {{transitive}} To [[overwork]]; [[exhaust]] with [[toil]].
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#*'''1889''', St. John's College (University of Cambridge), ''The Eagle'':
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#*: And toiling so, well-nigh '''forwrought''', She prayed full fervently; [...]

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