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forguilt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forguilt
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To be guilty.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

forguilts (present, singular) forguilting (participle, present) forguilted (participle, past) forguilted (past) forgilt (alternative)

Questions

What does forguilt mean?
To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
Where does forguilt come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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