English Explanatory Dictionary

forbeat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To beat.
  2. To beat up, beat to pieces, beat to death.

Word forms

forbeat forbeats forbeating forbeaten

Etymology

From Middle English forbeten (“to beat, beat up”), equivalent to for- + beat.

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