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Definition of Forthink
1. v. t. To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
Definition of Forthink
1. Verb. (transitive obsolete impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex. ¹
2. Verb. (reflexive obsolete) To regret; repent. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To regret. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To repent, be sorry for. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forthink
1. to regret [v FORTHOUGHT, FORTHINKING, FORTHINKS] - See also: regret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forthink
Literary usage of Forthink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"forthink— As a friend of mine was leaving n cottage in this neighbourhood, at
which he had occasion to call, the good woman of the house said to him, ..."
2. Epea Pteroenta, Or, The Diversions of Purley by John Horne Tooke, Richard Taylor (1840)
"... [forthink] him of his oth." —Golding's Ovid, B. ii. " He shall aby or forthink
it or I drink."- Palsgrave. ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"And underneath his filthy feet dill tread Прет. FQ, I, TU, 15. To forthink.
To repent. ... forthink it when ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To forthink, va To be grieved for, to repent of. The day will cum that thorn
forthink sail it, That thai have put sic lesings into writ Maitland ..."
5. The Towneley Mysteries by James Raine, Joseph Stevenson (1836)
"Fore-think, 112, to suspect or anticipate : see, forthink. ... forthink, 76, to
repent or grieve. Forthy, therefore, for this cause ; thy is the ablative ..."
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