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forfare

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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13
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7

Definition of forfare

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
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verb

  1. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To destroy; ruin.

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Etymology

From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, equivalent to for- + fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”).

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