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Definition of Foreworn
1. a. Worn out; wasted; used up.
Definition of Foreworn
1. Adjective. (archaic) worn out; wasted; used up. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foreworn
1. forworn [adj] - See also: forworn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreworn
Literary usage of Foreworn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem by William Morris (1871)
"Slowly he went, for afternoon it was, And with the long way was he much foreworn ;
Nor far between the deep banks did he pass, Ere on the wind unto his ears ..."
2. The Book of the Short Story by Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby (1903)
"Tell her that Venus would have of her beauty, so much at least as may suffice
for but one day's use; that beauty she possessed erewhile being foreworn and ..."
3. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1900)
"he cried, “ my heart is foreworn and sad! Oh, that I niight behold her but once
again as she was in the olden days ! So it came to pass that by reason of ..."
4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... va to caution foreworn, fore-worn', part, worn out Forfeit, fir'fh. s.
a penalty, fine—-v. a to lose by a breach of condition or by an offence—a. liable ..."
5. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"foreworn, fore-wu'rn. part. Worn out, waded by time or ufe. To FORFEIT, for'-flt.
va To lofe by fome breach of condition, to lofe by fome offence. ..."
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