Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forgrow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-grow
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A terror to the new made folke, which neuer erst had knowne So foule a Dragon in their life, so monstrously foregrowne, So great a ground thy poyson paunch did vnderneath thée hide."
"And after the floode was passed & Noy and his housholde come out of the arke, the worlde beyng deuided among his thre sonnes, Sem, Cham, and Iaphethe, and that the people began eftsones to multiplye and increase, the worlde was so forgrowen in wickednes, that there was none found, that truely worshipped god […]"
"Plutarch saith that mens minds do rust and forgrow through idlenes […]"

Etymology

From Middle English forgrowen, from Old English forgrōwan (“to grow up, grow into, increase, overgrow”), equivalent to for- + grow.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: forgrowen, forgrōwan

Usage

Inflected Forms

forgrows (present, singular) forgrowing (participle, present) forgrew (past) forgrown (participle, past)

Questions

What does forgrow mean?: To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
Where does forgrow come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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