English Explanatory Dictionary

fortear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tear up; tear to pieces.

Word forms

fortear fortears fortearing fortore fortorn

Etymology

From Middle English forteren, possibly from Old English *forteran, from Proto-West Germanic *frateran (“to tear up”). By surface analysis, for- (“up, completely”) + tear. Cognate with Dutch verteren (“to devour”), German Low German vertehren (“to consume”), German verzehren (“to consume”).

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