English Explanatory Dictionary

forshut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shut off or out; preclude; prohibit.

Word forms

forshut forshuts forshutting forschut

Etymology

From Middle English forschutten, from Old English forscyttan (“to shut up, shut out, exclude, prevent, obviate”), equivalent to for- + shut.

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