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forthbear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forth-bear
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bear or carry forth.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English forthberen, possibly from Old English forþberan (“to bring forth, produce”). Equivalent to forth- + bear. The Middle English word is alternatively a calque of Latin prōferre.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

forthbears (present, singular) forthbearing (participle, present) forthbore (past) forthborne (participle, past) forthborn (obsolete, participle)

Questions

What does forthbear mean?
To bear or carry forth.
Where does forthbear come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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