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forbite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

Meaning

verb

To bite up, bite to pieces.

Etymology

From Middle English forbiten (“to bite up”), from Old English forbītan, equivalent to for- + bite. Cognate with West Frisian forbite (“to forbite”), Dutch verbijten (“to forbite”), Low German verbīten (“to forbite”), German verbeissen (“to forbite”). More at for-, bite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

forbites (present, singular) forbiting (participle, present) forbit (past) forbitten (participle, past)

Questions

What does forbite mean?
To bite up, bite to pieces.
Where does forbite come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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