English Explanatory Dictionary

forguilt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
  2. To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
  3. To be guilty.

Word forms

forguilt forguilts forguilting forguilted forgilt

Etymology

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.

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