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forsench

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fors-ench
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To submerge; cause to sink; drown.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English forsenchen, from Old English forsenċan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”). By surface analysis, for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”). Cognate with Old High German firsenken (“to sink, destroy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: forsenchen, forsenċan

Usage

Inflected Forms

forsenches (present, singular) forsenching (participle, present) forsenched (participle, past) forsenched (past)

Questions

What does forsench mean?
To submerge; cause to sink; drown.
Where does forsench come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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