English Explanatory Dictionary

forbite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bite up, bite to pieces.

Word forms

forbite forbites forbiting forbit forbitten

Etymology

From Middle English forbiten (“to bite up”), from Old English forbītan, equivalent to for- + bite. Cognate with West Frisian forbite (“to forbite”), Dutch verbijten (“to forbite”), Low German verbīten (“to forbite”), German verbeissen (“to forbite”). More at for-, bite.

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