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forbeat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-beat
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat.

Obsolete

verb

To beat up, beat to pieces, beat to death.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English forbeten (“to beat, beat up”), equivalent to for- + beat.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forbeats (present, singular) forbeating (participle, present) forbeaten (participle, past)

Questions

What does forbeat mean?
To beat.
Where does forbeat come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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