forfret

English

Etymology

From Middle English forfreten, equivalent to for- +‎ fret. Cognate with West Frisian forfrette (“to eat up, devour”), German verfressen (“greedy”).

Verb

forfret (third-person singular simple present forfrets, present participle forfretting, simple past forfretted or forfreet or forfrate, past participle forfretted or forfretten)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To devour; eat up; eat into; gnaw; corrode.

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