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fordread

English

Etymology

From Middle English fordreden, from Old English fordr?dan (to terrify), equivalent to for- +? dread.

Verb

fordread (third-person singular simple present fordreads, present participle fordreading, simple past and past participle fordreaded)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in dread of.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To terrify greatly.

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fortread

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan (to tread down, trample on), from Proto-Germanic *fratredan?, *fratrudan? (to trample), equivalent to for- +? tread. Compare Saterland Frisian fertreede, Dutch vertreden (to trample), German Low German vertreden, German vertreten ("to represent"; < Old High German firtretan (to trample)).

Verb

fortread (third-person singular simple present fortreads, present participle fortreading, simple past fortrod, past participle fortrodden)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.

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