English Explanatory Dictionary

forlie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lie with.
  2. To overlay (a child).

Word forms

forlie forlies forlying forlay forlain

Etymology

From Middle English forliggen, from Old English forliċġan (reflexive, “to lie with, fornicate”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraliggjan, equivalent to for- + lie. Cognate with Dutch verliggen, German verliegen.

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