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单词 fordwine
释义

fordwine

English

Etymology

From Middle English fordwinen, from Old English fordwīnan (to dwindle away, vanish), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (for-), *dwīnaną (to disappear, dwindle), from Proto-Indo-European *dgʷhey- (to disappear, die), equivalent to for- + dwine. Cognate with Dutch verdwijnen (to disappear, vanish). More at for-, dwine.

Verb

fordwine (third-person singular simple present fordwines, present participle fordwining, simple past and past participle fordwined)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To fade away; waste away; decay; dwindle; wither; vanish.
    • Geoffrey Chaucer,The Romaunt of the Rose.
      Her face frounced and forpined And both hir hondes lorne fordwined So old she was, that she ne went A foote.

Anagrams

  • forewind
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