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forwake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-wake
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- + wake.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forwakes (present, singular) forwaking (participle, present) forwaked (participle, past) forwaked (past)

Questions

What does forwake mean?
To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
Where does forwake come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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