forguilt
English
Alternative forms
- forgilt
Etymology
From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.
Verb
forguilt (third-person singular simple present forguilts, present participle forguilting, simple past and past participle forguilted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
- (obsolete, transitive) To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be guilty.