English Explanatory Dictionary

forcleave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to cut to pieces, hack, chop up.

Word forms

forcleave forcleaves forcleaving forclove forcloven

Etymology

From Middle English forcleven (“to cut to pieces”), from for- (perfective prefix) + cleven (“to cleave, cut”).

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