English Explanatory Dictionary

forswink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To exhaust by labour; overwork.

Word forms

forswink forswinks forswinking forswank forswonk forswonck forswunken forswunk

Etymology

From Middle English forswinken, equivalent to for- + swink.

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